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AND 


ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 


City  of  New  Haven,  Conn. 


AND 


SPECIAL  ACTS 


Revised  to  August  1,  1905 


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Ordered,  that  the  Corporation  Counsel  he  and  is  hereby  author- 
ized and  instructed  to  cause  to  be  prepared  a  revision  of  the  Charter 
and  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  New  Haven,  including-  all  amend 
ments  to  said  Charter  that  may  be  adopted  at  the  present  session  of 
the  General  Assembly,  at  a  price  not  to  e>;ceed  $800.00. 

Board  of  Aldermen,  January  ip,  ipoj. 

Read  for  first  time  and  ordered  printed  in  the  Journal. 

James  B.  Martin,  Assistant  City  Clerk. 

Board  of  Aldermen.  February  2,  igo^. 

Read  for  second  time,  accepted  and  order  passed. 

James  B.   Martin,  Assistant  City  Clerk. 

City  of  New  Haven. 

Approved,  February  9,   1903. 

John  P.  Studley,  Mayor. 

State  of  Connecticut,       \ 
County  of  New  Haven,  S 

I,  Edward  A.  Street,  Clerk  of  the  City  of  New  Haven,  in  said 
County  of  New  Haven,  and  keeper  of  the  records  and  seal  thereof, 
hereby  certify  that  the  within  and  foregoing  instrument  is  a  true 
and  correct  copy  of  Record,  as  appears  on  the  Records  of  said  City, 
in  Volume  48,  on  page  26. 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  affixed 

the  seal  of  said  City,  at  New  Haven,  this  22d  day  of  August,  A.  D. 

1905. 

Edward  A.  Street,  City  Clerk. 


210369 


..•  V 


AN  ACT 


REVISING  THE 


Charter  of  The  City  of  New  Haven, 

Approved  June  20,  1899. 


Be   it   enacted   by   the   Senate    and   House   of  Representatives   in 
General  Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  The  territorial  limits  of  the  corporation  of  the  city 
of  New  Haven  shall  hereafter  be  the  same  as  those  that  were  the 
territorial  limits  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  prior  to  December  7, 
1897,  and  the  boundaries  of  the  said  town  shall  hereafter  be  the 
boundaries  of  said  city. 

The  jurisdiction  of  said  city  of  New  Haven  over  that  portion 
of  the  town  of  Orange,  and  that  portion  of  the  town  of  New  Haven 
east  of  the  boundary  line  between  the  town  and  the  city  of  New 
Haven  as  it  existed  prior  to  December  7,  1897,  between  the  town 
and  city  of  New  Haven,  shall  be  for  police  and  sanitary  purposes 
only. 

Sec.  2.  All  electors  of  this  state,  dwelling  within  said  limits, 
are  hereby  declared  to  be,  and  shall  forever  continue  to  be,  a  body 
politic  and  corporate,  in  fact  and  name,  by  the  name  of  the  City  of 
New  Ha-ven,  and  by  that  name  they  and  their  successors  shall  have 
perpetual  succession,  and  shall  be  a  person  in  law,  capable  of  suing 
and  being  sued,  pleading  and  being  impleaded,  in  all  suits  of  what 
nature  soever,  and  also  of  purchasing,  holding,  and  conveying  any 
estate,  real  and  personal ;  and  may  have  a  common  seal,  and  may 
change  and  alter  the  same  at  pleasure ;  and  shall  be  and  remain 
absolutely  vested  with  the  title  to  and  improvement  of  all  the  city 
lands,  tenements,  hereditaments,  rights,  and  estates  whatsoever, 
which,  since  the  original  incorporation  of  said  city,  have  become 
vested  in  said  city,  and  whereof  said  city  has  never  been  lawfully 
divested  hitherto.  jijm    1    -    ]y]2 


Sec.  3.     Said  City  is  hereby  divided  into  fifteen  wards,  as  follows : 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing- at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  State 
and  George  streets,  and  thence  continuing  northerly  through  the 
center  of  State  street  to  the  center  of  Grove  street,  thence  westerly 
through  the  center  of  Grove  street  to  the  center  of  York  street, 
thence  southerly  through  the  center  of  York  street  to  the  center 
of  George  street,  and  thence  easterly  through  the  center  of  George 
street  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  first  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Chapel 
and  York  streets,  and  thence  continuing  westerly  through  the 
center  of  Chapel  street  to  the  city  limit,  thence  following-  the  cit\' 
limit  in  a  southerly  direction  to  the  center  of  Congress  avenue, 
thence  northeasterly  through  the  center  of  Congress  avenue  to  the 
center  of  Davenport  avenue,  thence  northeasterly  through  the 
center  of  Davenport  avenue  to  the  center  of  York  street,  and 
thence  northerly  through  the  center  of  York  street  to  the  point  of 
beginning,  shall  constitute  the  second  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  George 
and  York  streets,  and  thence  continuing  southerly  throug-h  the 
center  of  York  street  to  the  center  of  Davenport  avenue,  thence 
southwesterly  through  the  center  of  Davenport  avenue  to  the 
center  of  Congress  avenue,  thence  throug-h  the  center  of  Congress 
avenue  to  the  city  limit,  thence  following  the  city  limit  in  a  south- 
erly direction  to  the  center  of  Washington  street,  thence  north- 
easterly throug-h  the  center  of  Washington  street  to  the  center  of 
Congress  avenue,  thence  northeasterly  through  the  center  of  Con- 
gress avenue  to  the  center  of  George  street,  and  thence  northwesterly 
through  the  center  of  George  street  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall 
constitute  the  third  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Meadow" 
street  and  Congress  avenue,  and  thence  continuing  southwesterly 
through  the  center  of  Congress  avenue  to  the  center  of  Washing- 
ton street,  thence  southwesterly  through  the  center  of  Washington 
street  to  the  city  limit,  thence  southeasterly  and  northeasterly  by 
the  city  limit  to  a  point  where  said  city  limit  is  intersected  by  the 
central    line    of   the    Meadow    street   outlet    sewer,    continued    in   a 


straight  line,  thence  northwesterly  by  the  said  line  of  said  sewer  to 
the  center  of  Union  avenue,  and  thence  northerly  through  the  cen- 
ter of  Meadow  street  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the 
fourth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Chapel 
and  State  streets,  and  thence  continuing  southwesterly  through  the 
center  of  State  street  to  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central 
lines  of  State  and  George  streets,  thence  northwesterly  through  the 
center  of  George  street  to  the  point  of  intersection  with  the  central 
line  of  Meadow  street,  thence  southerly  through  the  center  of 
Meadow  street  to  the  center  of  Union  avenue,  thence  southeasterly 
bv  the  central  line  of  the  ^Feadow  street  sewer,  continued  in  a 
straight  line  to  the  city  -limit,  thence  northeasterly  by  the  city  limit 
to  Tomlinson's  bridge,  thence  easterly  and  northerly  through  the 
center  of  the  channel  of  Mill  river  to  a  point  on  the  Chapel  street 
bridge  in  the  central  line  of  Chapel  street,  and  thence  westerly 
through  the  center  of  said  Chapel  street  bridge  and  Chapel  street 
to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  fifth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Chapel 
and  State  streets,  and  thence  continuing  easterly  through  the  cen- 
ter of  Chapel  street  and  Chapel  street  bridge  to  the  center  of  the 
westerly  channel  of  INIill  river,  thence  northerly  through  the  center 
of  said  channel  of  said  river  to  a  point  on  Barnesville  bridge  in  a 
central  line  of  Grand  avenue,  thence  westerly  through  the  center 
of  Barnesville  bridge  and  Grand  avenue  to  the  center  of  State 
street,  and  thence  southwesterly  through  the  center  of  State  street 
to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  sixth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  State 
street  and  Grand  avenue,  and  thence  continuing  easterly  through 
the  center  of  Grand  avenue  and  Barnesville  bridge  to  the  center  of 
the  westerly  channel  of  Mill  river,  thence  northerly  through  the 
center  of  said  channel  of  Mill  river  to  a  point  on  Neck  bridge  in 
the  central  line  of  State  street,  and  thence  westerly  and  south- 
westerly through  the  center  of  Neck  bridge  and  State  street  to  the 
point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  seventh  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Grove 


— 8— 

and  State  streets,  and  thence  continuing  northeasterly  and  easterly 
through  the  center  of  State  street  to  the  channel  of  Mill  river, 
thence  northerly,  following  the  center  of  the  channel  of  Mill  river, 
to  the  city  limit,  thence  southwesterly  by  the  city  limit  to  the  cen- 
ter of  Whitney  avenue,  thence  southwesterly  through  the  center  of 
Whitney  avenue  to  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of 
Whitney  avenue  and  Temple  street,  thence  southwesterly  through 
the  center  of  Temple  street  to  the  center  of  Grove  street,  and 
thence  southeasterly  through  the  center  of  Grove  street  to  the 
point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  eighth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  Grove 
and  Temple  streets,  and  thence  continuing  northeasterly  through 
the  center  of  Temple  street  to  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  cen- 
tral lines  of  Temple  street  and  Whitney  avenue,  thence  north- 
easterly through  the  center  of  Whitney  avenue  to  the  city  limit, 
thence  westerly,  southerly,  and  westerly  by  the  city  limit  to  the 
center  of  Crescent  street,  thence  southerly  through  the  center  of 
Crescent  street  to  the  center  of  Goffe  street,  thence  southeasterly 
through  the  center  of  Gofife  street  to  the  point  of  intersection  of 
the  central  lines  of  Goffe  street  and  Broadway,  thence  southeasterly 
through  the  center  of  Broadway  to  the  center  of  York  street, 
thence  northerly  through  the  center  of  York  street  to  the  center  of 
Grove  street,  and  thence  easterly  through  the  center  of  Grove 
street  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  ninth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central  lines  of  York 
street  and  Broadway,  and  thence  continuing  northwesterly  through 
the  center  of  Broadway  to  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  central 
lines  of  Broadway  and  Gof¥e  street,  thence  northwesterly  through 
the  center  of  GoflFe  street  to  the  center  of  Crescent  street,  thence 
northerly  through  the  center  of  Crescent  street  to  the  city  limit, 
thence  westerly  and  southerly  by  the  city  limit  to  the  center  of 
Chapel  street,  thence  easterly  through  the  center  of  Chapel  street 
to  the  center  of  York  street,  and  thence  northerly  through  the 
center  of  York  street  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the 
tenth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  a  point  on  Barnesville  bridge,  coincident  with  the  inter- 
section of  the  central  line  of  Grand  avenue,  and  the  central  line  of 


— 9— 

the  westerly  channel  of  Mill  river,  and  thence  continuing  southerly 
through  the  center  of  the  westerly  channel  of  Mill  river  to  its 
junction  with  the  main  channel  of  said  river,  thence  southerly 
through  the  center  of  the  main  channel  of  said  river  to  its  junction 
with  the  Ouinnipiac  river,  thence  easterly  and  northerly  through 
the  center  of  Ouinnipiac  river  to  a  point  in  the  central  line  of 
Grand  avenue,  and  thence  westerly  through  the  center  of  Grand 
avenue  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  constitute  the  eleventh 
ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  is  included  within  a  boundary  line  com- 
mencing at  a  point  on  Barnesville  bridge  at  the  intersection  of  the 
central  line  of  Grand  avenue  and  the  central  line  of  the  westerly 
channel  of  Mill  river,  and  thence  continuing  easterly  through  the 
center  of  said  bridge  and  the  center  of  Grand  avenue  to  the  former 
city  limits  in  Ouinnipiac  river,  thence  northerly  and  northwesterly 
by  the  former  city  limit  to  the  center  of  the  channel  of  Mill  river, 
thence  southerly,  following  the  center  of  said  channel  to  the  point 
where  said  river  is  divided  into  two  channels,  and  thence  through 
the  center  of  west  channel  to  the  point  of  beginning,  shall  con- 
stitute the  twelfth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  lies  northerly  and  westerly  of  a  line 
beginning  at  a  point  on  the  dividing  line  between  the  towns  of 
New  Haven  and  Hamden,  six  hundred  feet  westerly  of  the  center 
line  of  Dixwell  avenue,  and  thence  running  southerly,  parallel  to 
and  six  hundred  feet  westerly  of  the  center  line  of  that  part  of 
Dixwell  avenue  which  is  northerly  of  Argyle  street,  to  a  point  on 
said  line  two  hundred  feet  northerly  of  the  center  line  of  Munson 
street,  thence  westerly,  parallel  to  and  two  hundred  feet  northerly 
of  the  center  line  of  Munson  street,  to  the  center  line  of  Crescent 
street,  thence  westerly  in  a  straight  line  to  the  northerly  side  of 
Whalley  avenue  bridge  over  West  river  at  the  middle  of  West 
river,  and  thence  southerly  along  the  middle  line  of  the  new  chan- 
nel of  said  river  to  the  center  line  of  the  Derby  avenue  bridge  over 
said  river,  shall  constitute  the  thirteenth  ward. 

So  much  of  said  city  as  lies  east  of  the  Quinnipiac  river  and 
north  of  a  line  commencing  at  a  point  near  the  center  of  Meadow 
street,  where  said  street  joins  the  Ouinnipiac  bridge,  thence  run- 
ning easterly  through  the  center  of  said  street  to  a  point  where  it 
intersects  South  Quinnipiac  street,  thence  in  a  line  running  due 
east  to  the  center  of  the  Shore  Line  railway,  thence  easterly  in  a 


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line  followinjT  the  center  line  of  said  railway  to  a  point  where  it 
intersects  the  dividing^  line  between  the  town  of  East  Haven  and 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  shall  constitute  the  fourteenth  ward  of 
said  city. 

So  much  of  said  city  within  the  limits  of  said  town  as  lies  easterly 
of  the  Quinnipiac  river  and  south  of  said  easterly  and  westerly  line 
shall  constitute  the  fifteenth  ward  of  said  citv. 


Elections. 

Sec.  4.  Every  elector  of  this  state,  having^  qualifications  and 
complying  with  the  requirements  prescribed  by  law  entitlinj:^  him 
to  vote  at  any  city  meeting  in  said  city  for  the  election  of  officers 
thereof,  shall  be  a  freeman  of  said  city. 

The  court  of  common  council  of  said  city  may,  by  ordinance 
passed  and  published  as  provided  in  this  act,  divide  each  or  any 
ward  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  into  two  or  more  voting  districts ; 
and  all  the  provisions  of  law  now  existing,  or  which  may  hereafter 
be  enacted,  regulating  the  holding  of  elections  in  the  other  voting 
districts  of  said  city,  shall  apply  to  said  new  voting  districts  when 
so  established. 

All  elections  hereafter  held  within  the  city  and  town  of  New 
Haven  shall  be  held  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  general  elec- 
tion laws  of  the  state. 

Sec.  5.  At  the  several  elections  held  within  the  city  and  town  of 
New  Haven  for  the  choice  of  city  officers,  those  only  shall  vote  who 
are  registered  on  the  corrected  list  of  voters  last  before  completed, 
including  those  added  on  the  day  of  the  last  state  election. 

Sec.  6.  On  the  first  Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  on  the  first 
Monday  of  October  in  every  second  year  thereafter,  the  freemen  of 
said  city  shall  elect  by  ballot  from  among  their  number,  as  prescribed 
by  law,  a  mayor,  controller,  treasurer,  clerk,  collector,  city  sheriff, 
and  six  aldermen  at  large,  who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices 
for  the  term  of  two  years  from  and  after  the  first  week  day  of 
January  next  succeeding  their  election.  No  person  shall  vote  for 
more  than  four  aldermen  at  large  at  any  election. — As  amended 
by  act  approved  July  6,  1905.     (See  Section  3,  appendix  page  124.) 

Sec.  7.  In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  which  bears  an  odd 
number  the  freemen  thereof  shall,  bn  the  Tuesdav  after  the  first 


—11— 

Monday  of  November,  1906,  elect  by  ballot  as  prescribed  by  law, 
one  alderman  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
and  after  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  his  election. 
In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  the  freemen  thereof  shall,  on 
the  first  Monday  of  October.  1907.  and  on  the  first  Monda\  of 
October  in  each  second  year  thereafter,  elect  by  ballot  as  prescribed 
by  law  one  alderman  who  shall  hold  'office  for  the  term  of  two 
years  from  and  after  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding 
his  election. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905.  (See 
Section  3,  appendix  pag^e  124.) 

Sec.  8.  In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  the  freemen  thereof 
shall,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April.  1900.  and  on  the  third  Tues- 
day of  April  in  each  year  thereafter,  elect  by  ballot,  as  ])rescribed 
by  law.  three  councilmen,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  for  one  year 
from  and  after  the  first  week  day  in  June  next  succeeding  their 
election. — Repealed  by  act  approved  June  14,  1901. 

Sec.  9.  Each  of  said  officers  shall  be  elected  by  plurality  vote : 
but,  if  by  reason  of  an  equality  of  votes,  there  shall  be  no  choice  of 
any  of  said  officers,  then  the  court  of  common  council  shall  provide 
for  the  holding  of  a  new  election  within  thirty  days  from  and  after 
the  time  when  such  failure  to  elect  shall  be  made  known.  In  case 
of  the  death,  resignation,  removal,  or  incapacity  of  any  officer  of 
said  city  chosen  by  the  electors,  the  court  of  common  council  shall 
order  a  special  election  within  thirty  days  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and 
the  mayor  may  temporarily  fill  such  vacancy  by  appointment. 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICERS. 
Mayor. 

Sec.  10.  The  mayor  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  city, 
and  shall  be  at  least  thirty  years  of  age.  He  shall  have  been  a  legal 
voter  and  resident  of  the  city  for  the  five  years  immediately  preced- 
ing his  election,  and  shall  reside  in  the  city  during  his  term  of  office. 
Whenever  there  shall  be  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  mayor,  or  when- 
ever the  mayor  shall  be  prevented  by  absence  from  the  city,  by  ill- 
ness, or  by  any  other  cause,  from  attending  to  the  duties  of  his 
office,  the  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  in  his  absence 
such   president  pro  tempore  as  the  board   of  aldermen  may   elect. 


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shall  act  as  mayor  until  the  mayor  or  such  president  of  the  board 
of  aldermen,  as  the  case  may  be,  is  again  able  to  assume  the  duties 
of  his  office  or  until  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  by  election,  and  said 
acting  mayor  shall  have  all  the  rights,  powers,  and  duties  of  said 
mayor,  except  the  powers  of  appointment  and  removal,  until  the 
vacancy  is  filled  or  the  mayor  is  again  able  to  act. — As  amended 
by  act  approved  June  14,  1901. 

Sec.  11.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor: 

1.  To  cause  the  laws  and  ordinances  to  be  executed  and  enforced, 
to  inform  the  city  attorney  of  all  violations  of  law  brought  to  his 
attention,  and  to  conserve  the  peace  within  said  city.  He  shall  be 
responsible  for  the  good  order  and  efficient  government  of  said  city. 

2.  To  fill  by  appointment  vacancies  in  office  in  all  cases  in  which 
he  is  given  by  law  the  power  to  appoint. 

3.  To  communicate  to  the  court  of  common  council,  during  the 
month  of  July  next  succeeding  his  election,  and  quarterly,  there- 
after, a  general  statement  of  the  condition  of  the  city  in  relation  to 
its  government,  finances,  public  improvements,  and  affairs,  with 
such  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

4.  To  call  special  meetings  of  the  court  of  common  council  when 
he  may  deem  it  expedient. 

5.  To  sign  all  bonds  and  deeds  and  all  written  contracts  of  the 
city  made  either  by  the  court  of  common  council  or  any  officer  of 
the  city  in  accordance  with  authority  conferred  upon  them  by  this 
charter  or  the  ordinances. 

6.  To  call  together,  at  least  once  in  every  month,  for  consulta- 
tion and  advice  upon  the  affairs  of  the  city,  the  superintendents  of 
the  department  of  fire  service  and  police,  the  director  of  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works,  the  president  of  the  department  of  parks, 
the  president  of  the  board  of  education,  the  president  of  the  depart- 
ment of  charities  and  correction,  the  controller,  the  corporation 
counsel,  the  health  officer,  and  such  other  executive  and  administra- 
tive officers  as  he  may  deem  best ;  and  at  such  meetings  he  may  call 
on  any  of  said  officers  for  such  reports  as  to  the  matters  under  their 
management  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

7.  To  either  approve  or  disapprove,  in  writing,  every  vote,  reso- 
lution, order,  or  ordinance  passed  by  the  court  of  common  council. 
If  he  approve  it  or  fail  to  take  action  within  ten  days  after  the  pas- 
sage thereof,  such  vote,  resolution,  order,  or  ordinance  shall  become 
operative  and  effectual.     In  case  the  mayor  shall  fail  to  take  action 


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upon  any  vote,  resolution,  order,  or  ordinance  passed  by  the  court  of 
common  council,  within  ten  days  after  the  passage  thereof,  the  clerk 
shall  endorse  the  fact  upon  the  vote,  resolution,  order,  or  ordinance. 
If  he  disapprove  it  he  shall  notify  the  city  clerk  of  that  fact,  and  he 
shall  transmit  in  writing  his  reasons  for  such  disapproval  to  the  body 
in  which  it  originated  at  or  before  its  next  regular  meeting,  and 
such  vote,  resolution,  order,  or  ordinance  shall  not  become  operative 
and  effectual  unless  passed  over  his  veto,  by  an  affirmative  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  each  board  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon council,  present  or  absent.  The , mayor  may  also  approve  or  dis- 
approve any  part  of  any  vote,  order,  ordinance,  or  resolution,  and 
the  part  of  the  vote,  order,  ordinance  or  resolution  approved  shall 
become  operative  and  effectual,  and  the  part  disapproved  shall  be 
void,  unless  passed  over  his  veto  in  the  manner  aforesaid. 
Sec.  12.     The  mayor  shall  have  power: 

1.  To  assume  the  entire  control  and  direction  of  the  police  and 
fire  forces  of  the  city,  or  either  of  them,  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
five  days,  at  his  discretion  in  case  of  emergency,  and  to  exercise  all 
of  the  powers  conferred  upon  the  fire  and  police  departments  in 
relation  thereto. 

2.  To  exercise,  whenever  necessary  in  order  to  suppress  tumults, 
riots,  or  unlawful  assemblies,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  all  the 
powers  given  by  law  to  sheriffs  in  relation  to  riotous  assemblages ; 
and,  at  all  times,  when  necessary,  to  require  the  aid  of  any  sheriff, 
deputy  sheriff,  constable,  or  policeman,  or  any  or  all  of  them  to- 
gether, to  assist  him  in  executing  the  laws  within  the  limits  of  said 
city. 

3.  To  make  requisition  for  the  several  companies  of  the  Connec- 
ticut national  guard  and  divisions  of  naval  reserve  in  said  city,  or 
any  of  them,  whenever  he  shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  great 
opposition  will  be  made  to  the  exercise  of  his  authority,  and  to  exert 
all  the  force  necessary  to  enable  him  to  execute  the  laws  within  the 
limits  of  said  city. 

4.  To  appoint,  whenever  he  may  deem  it  best  to  do  so,  three 
competent,  disinterested  persons,  no  more  than  two  of  whom  shall 
be  of  the  same  political  party,  to  examine  without  notice  the  affairs 
of  any  department,  officer,  or  employe  of  said  city,  and  submit  the 
results  of  said  examination  to  him. 

5.  The  mayor  may  at  any  time  whenever  he  may  beileve  any 
person  appointed  to  office  by  him  or  any  of  his  predecessors  to  be 


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incompetent,  or  unfaithful  to  the  <hities  of  his  office,  or  that  the 
requirements  of  the  pul)lic  service  demand  his  removal,  summon 
said  officer  before  him  at  a  place  and  time  specified  in  said  sum- 
mons, to  show  cause  why  he  should  not  he  removed  from  said  office. 
With  said  summons  he  shall  leave  with  said  officer  a  written  state- 
ment of  the  charges  against  him,  and  if,  after  a  full  hearing,  he 
shall  find  that  such  officer  is  incompetent  or  unfaithful,  or  that  the 
requirements  of  the  public  service  demand  his  removal,  he  may 
remove  such  person  from  his  office.  Any  such  official  so  removed 
may  appeal  from  the  order  of  the  mayor  removing  him  from  said 
office  to  the  superior  court  or  any  judge  thereof,  which  appeal 
shall  be  made  returnable  not  more  than  six  nor  less  than  three  days 
from  the  date  of  the  order  of  removal  of  said  mayor,  and  shall  be 
served  upon  the  mayor  or  at  his  usual  place  of  abode  at  least  forty- 
eight  hours  before  the  time  fixed  for  a  hearing.  ,And  said  court 
or  judge,  having  given  such  further  notice  as  may  be  deemed 
necessary  to  all  parties,  shall  forthwith  hear  said  case,  and  may 
approve  or  revoke  the  order  of  said  mayor  and  may  award  costs  at 
his  discretion.  But  no  such  official  so  removed  shall  exercise  any 
of  the  powers  of  his  office  during  the  pendency  of  his  appeal  to  the 
superior  court. 

Sec.  13.  If  any  person  shall  hinder,  obstruct,  resist,  or  abuse 
the  mayor  in  the  execution  of  his  office,  or  when  ordered  to  render 
assistance  to  the  mayor  (being  of  sufficient  age  and  ability)  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  do  so,  such  offender,  being  thereof  duly  con- 
victed, shall  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars,  or  shall 
be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  both, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  court  having  cognizance  of  the  offense. 

Sec.  14.  Every  commissioned  officer  and  soldier,  when  called 
into  service  by  the  mayor,  as  aforesaid,  shall  have  the  same  pay,  and 
in  case  of  disobedience  be  subject  to  the  same  penalties,  as  if  called 
into  service  by  the  sheriff  pi  the  county. 


CoKi'ORATJoN  Counsel. 

Sec.  15.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  corporation  counsel,  who 
at  the  time  of  his  appointment  shall  have  been  an  attorney  and 
counselor-at-law  of  this  state  for  not  less  than  ten  years,  and  a 
resident  of  said  city  as  at  present  defined  for  not  less  than   five 


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years,  immediately  preceding  his  appointment,  and  shall  reside  in 
said  city  during-  his  term  of  office.  The  corporation  counsel  hold- 
ing office  when  this  act  takes  effect  shall  be  and  remain  corporation 
counsel  during  the  term  for  which  he  was  appointed,  unless  sooner 
removed  for  cause  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 
In  the  month  of  January,  1908,  the  mayor  shall  and  in  every  second 
June  thereafter  the  mayor  may  appoint  such  corporation  counsel, 
to  serve  for  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  after 
his  appointment  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen  and  has  duly 
qualified. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905.  (See  Section 
4,  appendix  page  124.) 

Sec.  16.  He  shall  be  the  legal  adviser  of  the  city  and  its  depart- 
ments, and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  represent  said  city  in  all  civil 
actions  in  any  court  wherein  said  city  is  interested  (except  as  other- 
wise provided),  and  to  give  his  written  opinion  upon  any  legal 
question  which  may  be  submitted  to  him  by  the  mayor,  or  by  the 
court  of  common  council,  or  the  chairman  of  any  committee  of  the 
court  of  common  council  upon  any  subject  pending  before  said 
committee,  or  by  any  department,  or  by  any  public  official  with 
the  written  consent  of  the  mayor.  All  opinions  so  given  by  him 
shall  be  recorded  in  an  indexed  book,  which  book  shall  be  kept 
in  the  office  of  the  corporation  counsel  and  shall  be  the  property 
of  the  city,  and  such  opinions  as  the  mayor  shall  direct  shall  be 
published  in  the  year  book  issued  next  after  such  opinions  are  given. 
He  shall,  when  so  directed  by  the  mayor  or  court  of  common  coun- 
cil, represent  the  city  in  all  matters  pending  before  the  general 
assembly  afifecting  the  interests  of  said  city,  and  he  shall  perform 
all  other  legal  services  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  court 
of  common  council  or  by  law  or  ordinance.  He  shall  annually,  on 
or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  February,  make  a  written  report  to 
the  mayor  of  his  doings  for  the  fiscal  year  next  preceding,  showing 
the  condition  of  all  unfinished  business  in  his  hands,  and  give, 
between  the  fifteenth  day  of  February  and  the  first  day  of  June 
next  succeeding,  to  the  mayor  all  further  additional  information 
that  he  may  desire  in  regard  to  the  condition  of  his  department. 

Sec.  17.  The  corporation  counsel  may  have  an  office,  to  be  pro- 
vided by  the  city,  which  shall  be  kept  open  during  such  hours 
daily  as  may  be  by  ordinance  prescribed.  The  mayor  may,  if  in 
his  opini(Mi   the   interests  of  the  city  require  it  employ  additional 


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counsel,  except  with  reference  to  matters  pending  before  the  general 
assembly. 

Sec.  18.  During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially, 
thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  an  assistant  corporation  counsel 
to  hold  office  during  the  term  for  which  said  mayor  shall  have  been 
elected  and  until  the  successor  of  such  assistant  corporation  counsel 
shall  be  appointed  and  duly  qualified,  who  shall  perform  such  ser- 
vices as  directed  by  the  corporation  counsel,  and  shall  attend  to 
the  collection  of  unpaid  taxes,  liens,  and  other  indebtedness  due 
the  city. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 


Controller. 

Sec,  19.  There  shall  be  a  city  controller,  elected  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  who  shall,  under  the  charter  and  ordinances,  be  subject 
to  the  general  direction  of  the  board  of  finance  in  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  the  financial  affairs  of  the  city,  except  as  herein  otherwise 
expressly  provided. 

Sec.  20.  He  shall  keep,  in  books  provided  for  that  purpose, 
accounts  with  each  of  the  city  departments,  with  such  of  the  city 
officers  as  may  be  designated  by  the  board  of  finance,  and  such 
other  accounts  as  the  city  ordinances  or  said  board  of  finance  may 
direct. 

Sec.  21.  He  shall  prescribe  the  form  of  all  accounts  and  of  all 
reports  to  be  rendered,  and  shall  have  the  inspection  and  super- 
vision of  the  accounts  of  all  other  departments  and  officers,  and  pro- 
vide all  books,  stationery,  and  office  supplies  necessary  for  their  use. 

Sec.  22.  He  shall  audit  immediately  after  the  first  day  of  each 
month  the  accounts  of  the  several  departments  and  all  of  said 
officers  who  receive,  pay  out,  or  dispose  of  the  money  or  other 
property  of  the  city ;  shall  make  proper  comparisons  of  the  same, 
and  report  his  findings  to  the  mayor,  and  a  duplicate  thereof  to  the 
treasurer;  he  shall  daily  audit  the  cash  account  of  the  treasurer  for 
the  last  previous  day,  and  certify  at  the  foot  of  said  account  as  to 
its  correctness,  and  shall  submit  to  the  mayor  on  or  before  the 
twentieth  day  of  January,  the  twentieth  day  of  April,  the  twentieth 
day  of  July,  and  the  twentieth  day  of  October  in  each  year,  a 
report  of  the  condition  of  each  of  said  accounts,  together  with  a 
summary  of  all  accounts  of  the  city,  verified  by  his  oath  or  affirma- 


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tion,  exhibiting-  the  revenues,  receipts,  and  expenditures,  the  source 
from  which  the  revenues  and  funds  are  derived,  and  in  what  man- 
ner the  same  have  been  disbursed,  and  the  amount  drawn  against 
each  item  of  the  appropriations,  and  the  mayor  shall  cause  said 
reports  to  be  submitted  to  both  boards  of  the  common  council  and 
the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  23.  He  shall  keep  a  separate  account  for  each  specific  item 
of  the  appropriations,  and  shall  require  all  warrants  to  state  speciti- 
cally  against  which  of  said  items  the  warrant  is  drawn.  Each 
account  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  detailed  statement,  in  a  separate 
column,  of  the  unpaid  contracts  and  outstanding-  orders  charg-eJ 
against  it. 

Sec.  24.  He  shall  not  suffer  any  appropriation  to  be  overdrawn, 
or  the  appropriation  for  one  item  of  expense  to  be  drawn  upon  for 
any  other  purpose,  or  by  any  department  other  than  that  for  which 
the  appropriation  was  specially  made,  except  in  case  of  transfers 
made  as  hereinafter  provided.  No  warrant  shall  be  issued  unless 
sufficient  funds  to  pay  the  same  shall  actually  be  in  the  treasury. 
If  he  shall  certify  any  bill,  contract,  or  claim  in  excess  of  appro- 
priation properly  applicable  thereto,  the  city  shall  not  be  liable  for 
such  excess,  but  he  shall  be  personally  liable  therefor,  and  his  sureties 
shall  also  be  liable  to  the  amount  of  his  bond. 

Sec.  25.  Each  claim  or  account  against  the  city  shall  be  first 
verified  by  the  oath  or  affirmation  of  the  claimant  or  his  authorized 
agent,  if  required  by  the  board  of  finance,  then  certified  to  be 
correct  and  justly  due  by  the  officer  or  board  by  whom,  or  under 
whose  authority,  the  same  was  contracted.  Such  claim  or  account 
shall  then  be  transmitted  to  the  controller,  who  shall  carefully 
examine  and  compute  each  bill  rendered,  and,  on  finding  it  correct, 
he  shall  so  certify,  and  then  lay  it  before  the  board  of  finance  for 
approval,  and  no  bill  shall  be  paid  until  approved  by  a  majority  of 
said  board  of  finance  in  writing.  If  any  claimant  is  indebted  to 
said  city,  the  controller  shall  report  such  indebtedness  to  said  board, 
together  with  the  claim.  When  approved  by  said  board,  said  con- 
troller shall  number  the  several  claims  and  enter  them  in  books 
kept  by  him  for  that  purpose ;  and  when  said  claims  are  so  num- 
bered and  entered  the  city  clerk  shall  draw  his  order  on  the  city 
treasurer  for  the  several  amounts  due.  and  prepare  and  fill  out 
receipts  in  accordance  therewith,  and  shall  place  said  orders  in  the 
hands   of   the   controller,   who   shall   countersign   and   disburse   the 


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same  when  duly  receipted  for;  proinded,  that  for  any  sums  for 
which  the  city  becomes  legally  liable  upon  its  bonds  or  notes,  the 
city  clerk  may  draw  his  order  upon  the  treasurer,  upon  which, 
when  countersigned  by  the  mayor  and  controller,  said  sums  shall 
be  paid.  When  the  identity  of  the  claimant  is  doubtful,  said  claim- 
ant may  be  required  to  make  oath  or  affirmation  or  furnish  other 
evidence  that  he  is  the  person,  or  the  legal  representative  of  the 
person,  in  whose  favor  the  order  is  drawn.  And  the  city  clerk  and 
the  controller  are  hereby  severally  authorized  to  administer  oaths 
or  alBrmations.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to 
the  department  of  education. 

Nothing  herein  contained  shall  prohibit  the  controller  and  city 
clerk  from  drawing  and  delivering  an  order  on  the  treasurer  in 
payment  of  an  execution  issued  by  the  clerk  of  any  court  to  the 
person  in  whose  favor  any  judgment  may  have  been  rendered  by 
said  court. 

Sec.  26.  The  controller  shall  give  bonds  to  the  amount  of 
twenty  thousand  dollars  to  the  city  of  New  Haven.  He  shall  have 
an  office  in  the  city  hall,  and  shall  keep  the  same  open  during  such 
hours  as  the  board  of  finance  may  direct. 

Sec.  27.  The  controller  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year,  or 
oftener,  if  so  required  by  the  mayor,  and  also  upon  the  death, 
resignation,  removal,  or  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  any  officer, 
audit  or  cause  to  be  audited,  examine,  and  settle  the  accounts  of 
such  officer,  and  if  he  shall  be  found  indebted  to  the  city,  the  con- 
troller shall  state  an  account  and  file  the  same  with  the  corpora- 
tion counsel,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  official  bond  of  such 
officer,  if  any.  and  give  notice  thereof  to  him  or  his  legal  repre- 
sentatives ;  and  the  corporation  counsel  shall  proceed  to  collect 
such  balance  from  such  officer  or  his  sureties  within  six  months 
from  the  receipt  of  such  account.  Notice  of  the  audit  shall  be 
given  by  the  controller  to  the  officer  or  his  legal  representatives 
before  the  final  statement  of  the  account,  and,  if  desired  by  such 
officer  or  his  legal  representatives,  opportunity  shall  be  given  for  a 
hearing.  A  copy  of  such  notice,  with  an  affidavit  to  the  fact  of 
service  thereof,  shall  be  filed,  with  the  statement  of  account,  as 
•evidence  of  service  of  notice. 


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Treasurer. 

Sec.  28.  There  shall  be  a  treasurer  who  shall  be  elected  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  who  shall  have  the  same  power  and  authority 
as  town  treasurers  and  shall  be  accountable  to  said  city.  He  shall 
have  an  office  in  the  city  hall,  which  shall  be  kept  open  during 
such  hours  as  may  be  by  ordinance  prescribed.  He  shall  give  bonds 
in  the  amount  of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  He  shall  be  allowed  such 
clerical  expenses  as  may  be  approved  by  the  board  of  finance,  and 
all  appointments  of  clerks  in  his  office  shall  be  made  by  said 
treasurer  without  reference  to  the  civil  service  board. 

Sec.  29.  All  city  funds  shall  be  deppsited  in  such  bank  or 
banks  as  shall  be  designated  by  the  board  of  finance,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  obtain  the  highest  rate  of  interest  therefor  consistent 
with  the  safety  of  the  deposits.  All  interest  upon  said  deposits 
shall  belong  to  said  city. 

Sec.  30.  The  treasurer  shall  pay  all  orders  drawn  on  him  by 
the  city  clerk  and  countersigned  by  the  controller,  or  drawn  by  the 
board  of  education  in  the  order  in  which  they  shall  be  presented 
to  him.  The  treasurer  shall  report  to  the  board  of  finance,  on  the 
first  of  each  month,  the  amount  of  money  belonging  to  said  city 
in  his  hands,  and  the  sources  from  which  it  was  received,  and  shall 
present  to  said  board  each  month  his  accounts  for  the  month  next 
preceding,  properly  audited  and  certified  by  the  controller. 


Collector. 

Sec.  31.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  collector,  elected  as  here- 
inbefore provided,  who  shall  also  be  the  collector  of  taxes  for  the 
New  Haven  city  school  district.  He  shall  have  all  the  power  and 
be  subject  to  all  of  the  duties  imposed  by  law  upon  collectors  of 
town,  city,  and  school  district  taxes.  He  shall  receive  and  collect 
all  taxes,  including  poll  and  military  taxes,  from  persons  liable  to 
pay  the  same,  and  all  assessments  of  every  kind  made  by  said  city, 
and  all  license  fees  payable  to  said  city.  All  licenses  issued  by  any 
city  department  or  officer  shall  be  presented  to  the  collector,  or  his 
authorized  agent,  in  the  collector's  office,  who  shall  receive  the  fee 
prescribed  therefor,  and  shall  countersign  each  license  before  the 
same  shall  be  of  effect.     He  shall  cause  a  record  of  each  license  so 


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countersigned  to  be  kept  in  his  office.  The  mayor  shall  have 
power  to  issue  a  warrant  for  the  collection  of  any  of  said  taxes  or 
assessments.  The  collector  shall  have  the  same  power  to  sign  cer- 
tificates of  tax  liens  and  certificates  of  their  release  and  discharge 
which  is  by  law  given  to  the  mayors  of  cities.  The  salary  paid  to 
the  collector  by  the  city  shall  be  in  lieu  of  all  other  compensation 
for  services. 

Sec.  32.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector  to  report  to  the 
assistant  corporation  counsel,  on  the  first  Monday  in  September  in 
each  year,  all  taxes  and  assessments  upon  property  and  all  poll  and 
military  taxes  which  have  not  been  abated  according  to  law  and 
which  have  been  due  and  unpaid  for  a  period  of  one  year;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  assistant  corporation  counsel  to  proceed 
forthwith  to  take  all  legal  steps  necessary  to  enforce  the  payment 
of  said  taxes  and  assessments.  Whenever  any  tax  due  to  said  city 
is  abated,  the  authority  making  the  abatement  shall  cause  notice 
thereof  to  be  given  forthwith  to  the  collector. 

Sec.  33.  Said  collector  shall,  before  three  o'clock  in  the  after- 
noon of  each  business  day,  deposit  with  the  treasurer  of  said  city 
all  moneys  collected  by  him  during  the  twenty-four  hours  then 
ended,  and  shall  take  the  treasurer's  receipt  for  the  same  in  dupli- 
cate, one  copy  of  which  he  shall  file  in  the  controller's  office  forth- 
with. 

Sec.  34.  Said  collector  shall  give  bonds  in  the  amount  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 


City  Clerk. 

Sec.  35.  There  shall  be  a  city  clerk  elected  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided. He  shall  be  clerk  of  the  board  of  aldermen  and  of  the 
board  of  finance,  and  shall  record  their  doings.  He  shall  send 
immediately  after  it  takes  efifect,  a  copy  of  any  ordinance,  resolu- 
tion, or  order  of  the  court  of  common  council  to  each  department 
or  officer  afifected  thereby.  He  shall  perform  such  clerical  services 
as  may  be  required  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  He  shall  publish 
all  city  ordinances  by  advertising  in  all  daily  newspapers  published 
in  said  city  such  ordinances  as  soon  as  the  same  are  enacted, 
together  with  notice  that  such  ordinances  have  been  passed,  and 
shall   record  in   full   in   the   records   of  said   city   all   ordinances  so 


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enacted,  and  record  the  fact  of  such  pubHcation.  He  shall  make 
upon  the  records  of  said  city,  entries  of  his  own  acts  in  serving  and 
publishing  notices  of  orders  and  ordinances  passed  by  the  court  of 
common  council.  Said  clerk  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the 
service  of  the  city,  and  shall  have  no  other  occupation  during  his 
term  of  office ;  and  he  shall  keep  his  office  open  during  such  hours 
as  the  ordinances  of  the  city  shall  direct.  He  shall  give  bonds  in 
the  amount  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 


Assistant  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  36.  The  court  of  common  council  shall,  during  the  month 
of  January,  1907,  and  of  each  year  thereafter,  appoint  an  assistant 
city  clerk,  who,  after  having  taken  oath  or  affirmation  provided 
by  law  for  the  clerk  of  said  city,  shall,  in  the  absence  or  disability 
of  said  clerk,  have  power  to  perform  all  the  duties  of  said  clerk. 
All  acts  of  said  assistant  clerk  and  all  records  kept  by  him  shall 
have  the  same  validity  and  effect  as  acts  and  records  of  the  city 
clerk.  The  assistant  clerk  shall  be  clerk  of  and  make  true  and 
regular  entries  of  all  votes  and  proceedings  of  the  board  of  council- 
men,  and  of  each  of  the  joint  standing  committees  of  the  court  of 
common  council.  He  shall  compile  the  city  year  book.  He  shall 
give  bonds  in  the  amount  of  five  thousand  dollars. 

(The  assistant  city  clerk  of  said  city  shall  be  clerk  of  the  board 
of  aldermen  and  make  true  and  regular  entries  of  all  votes  and 
proceedings  of  the  said  board  of  aldermen.  Amendment  to  Charter 
approved  June  14,  1901.)  As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6, 
1905. 

The  assistant  city  clerk  in  office  May  31,  1906,  shall  continue  to 
hold  his  office  until  January  i  1907. 


Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures. 

Sec.  37.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  of  said  city  in  office 
when  this  act  takes  effect  shall  continue  in  office  until  his  successor 
is  appointed  and  has  duly  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  It  shall  be  his  duty, 
at  least  once  in  each  year,  to  compare  all  scales,  weights,  and  meas- 


ures  with  the  Ignited  States  standard  weights  and  measures  be- 
longing to  the  city  oi  Xew  Haven.  Said  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  may  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  such  number 
of  assistants  as  he  may  think  necessary  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  and  their  acts  shall  have  equal  authority  with  his  own.  He 
may  remove  any  of  said  assistants  at  pleasure.  He  shall  perform 
all  other  duties  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  He 
shall  receive  compensation  for  his  services  the  salary  provided  in 
section  forty  of  this  act,  and  such  fees  to  hjm  and  his  assistants  as 
the  board  of  aldermen  may  by  ordinance  prescribe.  After  due 
hearing  and  by  written  order,  giving  his  reasons  therefor,  which 
reasons  shall  not  be  political,  the  mayor  may  remove  the  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures  and  appoint  his  successor.  When  a 
vacancy  shall  exist  in  said  office  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  new  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  from  among  those  persons  certified  as  eligible  to  such 
position  by  the  civil  service  board  and  under  the  rules  of  said  board. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  June  i8.  1903. 

City  Sheriff. 

Sec.  38.  The  city  sheriff  shall,  when  duly  required,  attend  upon 
the  city  court,  when  sitting  for  the  transaction  of  civil  business 
only,  shall  notify,  when  so  directed  by  the  mayor,  the  members  of 
the  court  of  common  council  of  any  meeting  of  either  body,  or  any 
committee  thereof,  and  may  serve  any  civil  process  returnable  to  or 
issued  by  either  of  said  courts,  or  any  committee  of  the  same,  and 
shall  serve  all  notices  issued  by  any  committee  or  departments. 
He  shall  perform  all  other  duties  required  of  him  by  law  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  city. 

Mayor's  Secretary. 

Sec.  39.  The  mayor's  secretary  in  office  May  31,  1907,  shall 
continue  to  hold  his  office  until  the  first  week  day  of  January,  1908. 
During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  secretary  who  shall  be  under  the  direction 
of  the  mayor.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  secretary  to  the  mayor, 
he  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  by  ordinance  prescribed. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 


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Salaries. 

Sec.  40.  The  salary  of  each  of  the  following-named  officers 
shall  be  at  the  rate  herein  provided :  The  mayor,  thirty-five  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum ;  the  mayor's  secretary,  one  thousand  dol- 
lars per  annum ;  the  corporation  counsel,  thirty-five  hundred  dollars 
per  annum  ;  the  assistant  corporation  counsel,  one  thousand  dollars 
per  annum ;  the  controller,  three  thousand  dollars  per  annum ;  the 
treasurer,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum :  the  collector,  four 
thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the,  city  clerk,  two  thousand  dollars 
per  annum ;  the  assistant  city  clerk,  twelve  hundred  dollars  per 
annum ;  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  seven  hundred  dollars 
per  annum ;  the  city  sheriff,  tw^elve  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
These  and  all  other  salaries  paid  by  the  city  shall  be  payable  in 
monthly  instalments  by  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  and  shall  be  in 
lieu  of  any  and  all  compensation  for  any  services  required  by  the 
city  of  said  officers  respectively  by  this  act,  except  as  the  same  may 
be  herein  otherwise  specified;  provided,  that  if  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  at  any  time,  by  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
the  members  of  each  board,  shall  resolve  that  it  is  expedient  to 
increase  or  decrease  the  .salary  of  any  city  official  to  a  certain 
specified  sum,  and  if  said  resolve  shall  be  adopted  by  the  next 
court  of  common  council  in  the  succeeding  year  by  a  like  vote, 
then  said  court  may  proceed  to  enact  an  ordinance  increasing  or 
decreasing  said  salary  to  the  sum  specified. 


DEPARTMENTS. 
Board  of  Finance. 

Sec.  41.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  finance, 
which  shall  be  under  the  control  of  a  board  consisting  of  the  mayor, 
M^ho  shall  be  its  presiding  officer,  the  controller,  and.  after  June  i, 
1904,  one  alderman,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  board  of  aldermen 
in  the  month  of  January,  1907.  and  each  year  thereafter,  and  six 
citizens,  none  of  whom  shall  hold  an\-  other  office  in  said  city 
government,  and  to  be  appointed  as  hereafter  provided ;  but  said 
elections  and  appointments  shall  be  so  made  that  not  more  than  five 
members  of  said  board  shall  at  any  time  belong  to  the  same  political 
party.     The  necessary  expenses  of  said  board  shall  be  paid  by  the 


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city,  but  no  member  of  the  board  shall  be  paid  for  his  services. 
The  alderman  elected  by  the  board  of  aldermen  to  be  a  member  of 
the  board  of  finance  of  said  city,  and  who  shall  be  serving  as  such 
member  of  the  board  of  finance  on  May  31,  1906,  shall  continue 
to  be  a  member  of  the  board  of  finance  until  January  i,  1907. — As 
amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  42.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  hold  a  regular 
weekly  meeting  on  some  day  to  be  fixed  by  said  board,  and  the 
mayor  may  call  a  special  meeting  at  any  time,  on  reasonable  per- 
sonal notice  to  the  members  thereof,  or  on  written  or  printed 
notice  sent  to  the  residence  of  each  member,  or  mailed  to  him  by 
the  clerk  of  said  board,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  time 
of  holding  such  meeting.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  care- 
fully to  examine  and  consider  all  claims  and  accounts  against  the 
city  submitted  for  its  approval,  and  to  approve  by  the  signatures 
of  a  majority  of  its  members  such  claims  or  accounts  as  it  finds  to 
be  justly  due. 

Sec.  43.  In  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  each  January 
thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  three  citizen  members  of  said 
board  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next 
succeeding. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  44.  In  the  month  of  November  in  each  year  the  board  of 
finance  shall  make  estimates  of  the  moneys  necessary  to  be  appro- 
priated for  the  expenses  of  said  city  for  the  year  next  ensuing, 
beginning  January  first,  and  of  the  rate  of  taxation  required  to  meet 
the  same,  and  shall  classify  the  said  expenses  under  appropriate 
heads  and  departments.  In  the  preparation  of  said  estimates  said 
board  of  finance  shall  give  notice  to  each  board  or  department,  of  a 
definite  time  and  place  where  they  will  meet  to  consider  the  needs 
of  such  board  or  department ;  said  board  of  finance  shall  recom- 
mend such  tax  upon  the  polls  and  ratable  estates  within  the  limits 
of  said  city  as  it  shall  deem  necessary  to  meet  such  expenses.  Said 
estimates  and  the  rate  of  taxation  recommended  shall  be  submitted  to 
the  court  of  common  council  during  the  first  week  of  the  month  of 
December  next  succeeding,  and,  within  five  days  after  said  submis- 
sion, shall  be  published  once  in  each  of  the  daily  newspapers  in  said 
city ;  and  after  such  publication  and  before  the  twentieth  day  of 
said  month  of  December  said  court  shall  proceed  to  consider  and  act 
upon  said  estimates,  and  said  appropriations  and  rate  of  taxation,  so 
reported  by  the  board  of  finance  to  said  court,  shall  be  final,  and 


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the  appropriations  and  rate  of  taxation  shall  be  the  legal  appropria- 
tions and  the  legal  rate  of  taxation  for  said  city,  unless  changed  by 
a  two-thirds  vote  of  each  board  of  the  court  of  common  council ; 
but  said  court  of  common  council  shall  not  have  power  to  increase 
the  appropriations,  or  any  item  thereof,  or  the  rate  of  taxation  as 
recommended  by  the  board  of  finance,  nor  shall  said  court  of  com- 
mon council  reduce  any  item  fixed  by  said  board  of  finance  for  the 
payment  of  interest  or  principal  of  the  municipal  debt.  But  the 
total  amount  of  such  annual  appropriations  for  any  one  year  shall 
not  exceed  the  estimated  income  for  that  year,  nor  shall  any  city  or 
department  officer  or  board  of  commissioners  of  said  city  make  any 
expenditures  except  for  the  objects  and  purposes  specified  by  said 
court  of  common  council.  Nor  shall  any  city  or  department  officer 
or  board  of  commissioners  of  said  city  incur  any  liability  or  e'xpense 
by  contract  or  otherwise  for  which  said  city  shall  be  responsible  in 
excess  of  the  appropriations  so  made  by  said  board  of  finance  and 
said  court  of  common  council. 

The  board  of  finance,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  court  of 
common  council,  shall  have  power  to  make  appropriations  for  pub- 
lic receptions,  parades,  concerts  and  celebrations  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  fifteen  hundred  dollars  for  any  one  of  said  purposes  in 
any  one  year.  No  amount  appropriated  for  any  one  purpose, 
whether  general  or  special,  shall  be  used  or  appropriated  for  any 
other  purpose  except  the  same  be  authorized  by  the  board  of  finance. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  April  30,  1901. 

Sec.  45.  The  board  of  finance  may  provide  at  any  time  for  the 
discounting,  at  current  rates  of  interest,  of  all  sums  assessed  for 
taxes,  but  not  yet  payable.  Said  board  shall  have  power,  in  the 
name  of  the  city,  to  borrow  such  sums  from  time  to  time,  as  in  its 
opinion  may  be  needed  for  city  purposes,  in  anticipation  of  such 
taxes  as  shall  have  been  previously  laid,  and  in  anticipation  of  the 
sale  of  bonds  which  may  have  been  ordered  by  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  in  accordance  with  law,  and  for  no  other  purpose ;  and 
the  amount  so  borrowed  shall  be  repaid  from  said  taxes  when  col- 
lected or  from  the  sale  of  such  bonds.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
board  to  make  rules  regulating  the  method  of  payment  of  all  officers 
and  employes  of  said  city  and  prescribing  the  forms  of  the  receipts 
to  be  required. 


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Di:i'ARTMENT   OF    PoLICE    SERVICE. 

Sec.  46.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  police  service 
which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  con- 
sisting- of  the  mayor  and  six  commissioners  to  be  appointed  as  here- 
inafter provided,  and  with  duties  as  herein  set  forth. — As  amended 
by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  47.  Said  department  shall  preserve  the  peace,  good  order, 
and  security  of  said  city,  and  shall  consist  of  a  chief  and  such  ofifi- 
cers,  policemen,  supernumeraries,  special  constables,  police  matrons, 
and  employes  as  the  board  of  police  commissioners  may  from 
time  to  time  prescribe.  All  promotions  of  officers  and  members  of 
the  police  force  shall  be  made  by  the  board  of  police  commissioners 
on  grounds  of  meritorious  police  service  and  superior  capacity, 
and  shall  be  as  follows :  sergeants  of  police  shall  be  selected  from 
among  patrolmen,  and  captains  from  among  the  sergeants.  All 
appointments,  including  special  constables,  and  promotions,  except 
the  chief,  shall  be  made  by  said  board  in  accordance  with  the  rules 
of  the  civil  service  board,  but  no  one  except  special  constables  shall 
be  permanently  appointed  until  he  shall  have  performed  active 
police  service  as  supernumerary  for  at  least  six  months.  Said 
board  of  police  commissioners  shall  have  power  to  designate  mem- 
bers of  such  supernumerary  force  for  such  period  of  active  service 
as  it  may  think  proper.  The  board  of  police  commissioners  may 
establish  a  detective  bureau,  which  shall  be  under  the  charge  and 
direction  of  a  captain  of  the  detective  force,  who  shall  be  subject 
to  the  order  of  the  chief  of  police. — As  amended  by  act  approved 
April  9,   1901. 

Sec.  48.  During  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  each 
January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  two  members  of  said 
board  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next 
succeeding.  No  more  than  three  members  of  said  board  shall  at 
any  one  time  belong  to  the  same  political  party.  As  amended  b}^ 
act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  49.  The  mayor  shall  be,  ex-ofificio,  a  member  and  chairman 
of  said  board  and  may  vote  upon  all  questions,  including  the  election 
and  appointment  of  any  officer  or  employe  elected  or  appointed  by 
said  board.  When  a  vacancy  shall  exist  in  the  office  of  chief,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  new  chief,  who  shall  only  be  removable  as 


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provided  for  other  appointees  of  the  mayor. — As  amended  hy  act 
approved  July  ^>,   1905. 

Sec.  50.  The  board  of  police  commissioners  shall  fix  the  pay  or 
compensation  of  all  members  of  the  department,  except  the  chief, 
whose  salary  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per 
year,  provided  that  the  pay  of  the  members  of  the  veteran  reserve 
shall  be  regulated  in  accordance  with  the  amount  of  duty  performed, 
and  shall  not  be  more  than  one-half  nor  less  than  one- fourth  of  the 
rate  of  compensation  previously  received  by  said  members  while  in 
the  regular  grade. 

The  present  superintendent  of  police  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 
shall  be  and  remain,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  charter,  the 
chief  of  police  of  the  city  of  New  Haven. — As  amended  by  act 
approved  April  9,  1901. 

Sec.  51.  In  addition  to  the  supernumerary  and  regular  police 
forct,  there  shall  be  an  honorary  grade,  known  as  the  veteran 
reserve,  to  which  said  board  of  police  commissioners  may,  at  its 
discretion,  transfer  any  member  of  the  regular  force,  who  shall, 
through  age,  or  physical  disabilities  incurred  in  the  discharge  of 
perilous  duty,  or  in  long  and  faithful  service,  become  permanently 
disqualified  for  the  more  active  duties  of  the  regular  grade ;  and 
said  board  of  police  commissioners  may,  at  its  discretion,  by  the 
affirmative  vote  of  at  least  four  commissioners,  as  a  reward  for  con- 
spicuously meritorious  service,  retire  permanently  from  duty  any 
members  of  the  veteran  reserve  after  twenty-five  years  of  continuous 
service  in  the  department,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  surgeon  of  the 
department  or  of  a  board  of  surgeons  to  be  designated  by  said  board 
of  police  commissioners,  showing  that  said  member  is  permanently 
disabled,  physically  or  mentally,  so  as  to  be  unfit  for  any  police 
duty;  provided,  that  such  board  of  surgeons  shall  further  certify 
that  in  his  or  their  opinion  said  disability  is  due  to  injury  received 
or  exposure  endured  in  the  performance  of  duty  in  said  department ; 
and  such  member  so  retired  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the 
policemen's  relief  fund  of  the  department,  during  his  lifetime, 
unless  said  vote  is  annulled  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  said  commis- 
sioners, an  annual  sum,  payable  monthly^^  not  exceeding  one-half, 
nor  less  than  one-third,  of  his  previous  compensation  per  annum. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  May  3,  1901. 

Sec.  52.  The  board  of  police  commissioners  shall  select  and  pro- 
vide for  all  elections  held  in  said  citv  and  town,  in  each  ward  and 


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voting  district  of  said  city  and  town,  a  proper  and  suitable  place 
for  holding  such  elections,  and  shall,  at  least  ten  days  before  the 
holding  of  such  elections,  furnish  the  mayor  of  said  city  with  the 
list  of  places  designated  for  such  elections ;  provided,  hoxvever,'  that 
no  saloon  or  place  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  usually  sold  shall 
be  selected  for  such  purpose.  Said  board  shall  also,  in  case  of  any 
election  to  be  held  in  and  for  said  town,  at  least  ten  days  before  the 
holding  of  any  such  election,  furnish  the  selectmen  of  said  town 
with  a  list  of  the  places  designated  for  such  election.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  chief  of  said  department  to  make  and  enforce 
uniform  rules  to  preserve  the  peace,  enforce  good  order,  and  pre- 
vent persons  not  voting  or  waiting  their  turn  to  vote,  or  engaged 
in  conducting  said  election,  from  congregating  within  one  hundred 
feet  of  said  voting  place. 

Nothing  herein  contained  shall  give  the  board  of  police  commis- 
sioners nor  the  city  of  New  Haven  any  control  over  elections  held 
in  the  borough  of  Fair  Haven  East  or  in  the  Westville  school  dis- 
trict, nor  shall  the  expense  of  the  elections  in  said  borough  or  in 
said  school  district  be  paid  by  the  city  or  town  of  New  Haven. — As 
amended  by  act  approved  April  9,  1901. 


Inspector  of  Lamps. 

Sec,  53.  The  department  of  police  shall  render  such  assistance 
in  the  care  and  management  of  public  lamps  as  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  may  direct.  The  mspector  of  lamps  appointed  by  the 
mayor  in  June,  1897,  shall  continue  to  hold  the  office  of  inspector 
of  lampg  until  his  successor  has  been  appointed  and  has  duly 
qualified.  After  due  hearing,  and  by  written  order,  giving  his 
reasons  therefor,  the  mayor  may  remove  the  inspector  of  lamps  and 
appoint  his  successor.  The  inspector  of  lamps  shall  perform  such 
duties  in  the  care  and  management  of  lamps,  and  in  the  care  and 
management  of  street  signs  on  the  same,  as  shall  be  specified  by 
the  court  of  common  council  and  approved  by  the  mayor.  He 
shall  receive  such  salary  for  his  services  as  may  be  fixed  by  th^ 
court  of  common  council  of  said  city. 


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Department  of  Fire  Service. 

Sec.  54.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  fire  service, 
which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  of 
five  commissioners  to  be  appointed  as  hereinafter  provided  and 
with  duties  as  herein  set  forth. 

Sec.  55.  Said  department  of  fire  service  shall  be  charged  with 
the  duty  of  protecting  the  city  against  danger  from  fire  and  unsafe 
construction  of  buildings,  and  shall  consist  of  a  chief,  a  fire  marshal, 
a  superintendent  of  fire  alarm  telegraph  and  electrical  construction, 
and  such  officers  and  employes  as  the  board  of  fire  commissioners 
may  from  time  to  time  prescribe.  All  appointments  and  promotions, 
except  the  chief,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  shall  be  made 
by  said  board  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  civil  service  board. 
The  salary  of  the  chief  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  and  the  compensation  of  the  officers  and  employes 
of  said  department  shall  be  determined  by  the  board  of  fire  com- 
missioners. Said  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  have  authority 
to  make  a  contract  with  corporations  and  individuals  outside  of  the 
original  twelve  wards,  and  outside  of  the  limits  of  said  city,  granting 
such  corporations  and  individuals  fire  protection  for  such  compensa- 
tion as  may  be  deemed  just  and  proper,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  court  of  common  council. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July 
19,  1905. 

Sec.  56.  During  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  January  of 
each  year  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  for*a  term  of  three 
years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  succeeding  such  number 
of  commissioners  as  may  be  necessary  to  fill  vacancies  arising  by 
reason  of  the  expiration  of  terms.  Not  more  than  three  members 
of  said  board  shall  at  any  one  time  belong  to  one  political  party. 
Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  hereafter  exist  in  the  office  of  chief,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  new  chief,  who  shall  be  removable  as  provided 
for  other  appointees  of  the  mayor.  The  present  superintendent  of 
the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  be  and  remain, 
subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  charter,  the  chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment of  the  city  of  New  Haven. — As  amended  by  act  approved 
July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  57.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  to  inspect  from 
time  to  time  the  schoolhouses  and  other  public  buildings,  and  all 
buildings   in    which    any   public    assemblies,    exhibitions,    entertain- 


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ments,  or  shows  are  held,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining-  whether 
such  buildings  are  in  danger  of  damage  or  destruction  from  fire  or 
unsafe  construction,  and  whether  the  ordinances  concerning  means 
of  exit  from  such  buildings  are  obeyed.  It  shall  also  be  his  duty, 
whenever  he  may  deem  it  necessary,  to  inspect  any  building  in  the 
cit}',  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  whether  the  ordinances  relating  to 
the  construction,  use,  and  condition  of  buildings  are  obeyed,  and 
he  shall  perform  all  other  duties  in  regard  to  the  inspection  of 
buildings,  or  issuing  permits  for  the  construction  thereof,  which 
may  be  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  It  shall  be 
his  duty  to  report  all  unsafe  buildings  and  all  violations  of  such 
ordinances  to  the  mayor.  The  court  of  common  council  may 
make  such  orders  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  alteration  and 
improvement  of  such  buildings;  provided,  that  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  may  provide  for  an  inspector  of  buildings,  who,  after 
said  office  is  authorized,  and  the  salary  has  been  fixed  by  the  court 
of  common  council,  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  who,  before 
making  such  appointment,  shall  cause  to  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk 
for  record  a  certificate  of  ability  issued  and  signed  by  at  least 
two  of  three  competent  New  Haven  architects  designated  by  the 
mayor,  which  certificate  shall  be  issued  after  such  examination  of 
the  candidate  for  appointment  as  they  consider  necessary  to  deter- 
mine his  competency  for  the  duties  of  said  office. 

Sec.  58.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  fire  alarm 
telegraph  and  electrical  construction  to  have  charge  of  the  fire 
alarm  telegraph  system  in  said  city,  and  also  to  inspect  electrical 
plants,  and  the  use  and  construction  of  wares  on  which  electricity 
is  conducted  \\ithin  said  city,  and  secure  the  enforcement  of  all 
ordinances  and  regulations  passed  by  the  court  of  common  council 
in  regard  to  such  plants  and  wires,  and  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  may  be   by   ordinance   prescribed. 


General  Provisions   concerning  the   Police   and    Fire 
Departments, 

Sec.  59.  The  board  of  commissioners  of  each  of  the  police  and 
fire  departments  shall  have  control  thereof  and  of  all  the  property 
of  said  city  used  for  and  by  said  departments,  shall  purchase  all 
supplies,  and  shall  provide  for  the  heating,  lighting,  and  repairs  of 


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the  buildings  used  by  such  departments,  and  shall  have  power  to 
prescribe  and  define  the  duties  of  the  members  of  such  depart- 
ments, and  to  make  all  rules  necessary  for  the  proper  g-overnment 
thereof  and  the  appointment  of  officers  and  employes. 

Sec.  60.  The  chief  of  each  of  the  police  and  fire  departments 
shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  his  department,  and  shall  be 
chargeable  for  its  efficiency  and  responsible  for  the  execution  of  all 
laws  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  department. 

He  shall  assign  to  duty  all  the  members  of  his  department,  mak- 
ing such  changes  from  time  to  time  as  in  his  judgment  the  effi- 
ciency of  the  department  may  require. 

He  shall  have  the  power  to  suspend,  without  pay,  any  member 
of  the  regular  force;  provided,  however,  that  no  such  suspension 
shall  be  continued  for  a  period  of  more  than  ten  days  without 
affirmative  action  by  the  commissioners  of  his  department,  which 
action  shall  not  be  taken  until  after  a  hearing  upon  charges  pre- 
ferred in  writing;  a  copy  of  such  charges  shall  be  left  with  said 
officers  at  least  forty-eight  hours  prior  to  the  time  fixed  for  such 
•  hearing.  He  shall  have  power  to  grant  leaves  of  absence  to  mem- 
bers of  the  force  for  a  period  not  exceeding  five  days,  reporting  to 
his  board  of  commissioners  all  changes  or  assignments  of  office  and 
absences   granted. — As   amended  .by   act   approved   April   9,    1901. 

Sec.  61.  When  this  act  takes  effect  the  chief  of  each  of  said 
departments  shall  continue  to  be  the  chief  of  his  department,  with 
the  powers  and  duties  herein  specified,  and  all  officers  and  employes 
of  said  departments  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  positions 
subject  to  the  provisions  hereof.— As  amended  by  act  approved 
April  9,   1901. 

Sec.  62.  All  lawful  city  ordinances  relating  to  either  of  said 
departments  and  to  any  officer  thereof,  and  all  of  the  regulations 
of  either  of  said  departments  in  force  at  the  time  fixed  for  the 
■  taking  effect  of  this  act,  and  not  inconsistent  herewith,  are  hereby 
continued  in  effect  until  the  same  shall  be  duly  amended  by  com- 
petent authority. 

Sec.  63.  No  commissioner  on  said  police  board  excepting 
licensed  druggists  shall,  either  as  principal,  agent,  or  employe,  be 
engaged  in  or  directly  or  indirectly  interested  in  the  manufacture 
or  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  or  bottled  drinks  at  wholesale.  No 
one  of  said  commissioners,  nor  any  member  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon council,  shall  be  or  become  bondsman  for  any  person  by  reason 


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of  any  obligation  entered  into  by  such  person  with  said  city  or  any 
department  or  officer  thereof,  nor  shall  any  commissioner  or  mem- 
ber of  the  court  of  common  council  be  or  become  surety  upon  any 
license  bond  given  by  an  applicant  for  a  license  to  sell  intoxicating 
liquors,  nor  shall  any  one  of  them  sign  any  application  for  such 
license. 

Sec.  64.  Each  of  said  boards  of  commissioners  shall  have  sole 
power  of  appointment  and  promotion  of  all  officers  and  employes 
of  their  respective  departments,  under  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  they  may  adopt  for  the  purpose,  except  where  otherwise  pro- 
vided. Four  members  of  the  board  of  police  commissioners  and 
three  members  of  the  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  No  appointments  or 
promotions  in  the  police  department  shall  be  made  except  by  the 
affirmative  vote  of  not  less  than  four  commissioners,  except  where 
otherwise  provided. 

Sec.  65.  Each  of  said  boards  of  commissioners  shall  have 
power,  for  cause,  after  a  hearing  on  charges  made  in  writing,  to 
remove,  reduce  in  rank,  or  suspend  without  pay  any  officer  or  . 
employe  in  its  department  that  it  has  power  to  appoint.  No  re- 
moval, reduction  in  rank,  or  suspension  shall  be  made  for  political 
reasons.  Charges  against  any  officer  or  employe  shall  be  preferred 
by  the  chief,  served  upon  the  person  accused  at  least  forty-eight 
hours  before  the  time  fixed  for  a  hearing,  and  presented  to  the 
board  of  commissioners  of  the  department  to  which  such  officer  or 
employe  may  belong. — As  amended  by  act  approved  April  9,  1901. 

Any  officer  or  employe  dismissed  may  make  his  application  to  any 
judge  of  the  superior  court  within  and  for  New  Haven  county  in 
the  nature  of  an  appeal  from  such  order  of  the  board  of  commis- 
sioners, which  application  shall  be  made  returnable  not  more  than 
six  nor  less  than  three  days  from  the  date  of  such  order  of  the 
commissioners,  and  a  copy  thereof  shall  be  served  upon  the  city 
clerk  at  least  forty-eight  hours  before  the  day  on  which  it  is  made 
returnable.  Said  judge,  having  given  such  further  notice  as  he 
may  deem  necessary,  shall  forthwith  hear  said  application,  and  may 
approve,  modify,  or  revoke  such  order,  and  may  award  costs  at 
his  discretion.  During  the  pendency  of  said  application  such  order 
of  the  commissioners  shall  have  full  force  and  efifect,  subject,  how- 
ever, to  the  power  of  said  judge  if  such  order  shall  be  modified  or 


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revoked  to  make  his  decree  relate  back  to  the  date  of  such  order, 
— Added  as  amendment  to  section  65  by  act  approved  June  22,  1903. 

Policemen's  and  Firemen's  Pension  Funds. 

Sec.  66.  There  shall  hereafter  be  a  fund  for  the  policemen  and 
a  fund  for  the  firemen  of  said  city,  known  as  the  Policemen's  Relief 
Fund  and  the  Firemen's  Relief  Fund,  to  which  shall  belong: 

1.  All  moneys  and  securities  included  in  the  funds  now  existing 
in  each  department. 

2.  All  bequests  and  donations,  from  public  or  private  sources,  to 
either  department  on  account  of  services  rendered,  or  for  the  pur- 
poses for  which  the  fund  is  established. 

3.  Five  per  centum  of  all  fees  collected  on  account  of  licenses 
issued  to  sell  spirituous  or  intoxicating  liquors  within  the  city  of 
New  Haven  until  the  Policemen's  Relief  Fund  amounts  to  the 
sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  and  the  Firemen's  Relief  Fund 
amounts  to  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars.  When  the  funds  of 
these  departments  equal  the  sums  above  named,  no  more  fees  from 
licenses  to  sell  spirituous  or  intoxicating  liquors  within  the  city  of 
New  Haven  shall  be  paid  into  said  funds,  but  shall  be  paid  into 
the  city  treasury  to  be  used  for  ordinary  expenses,  except  the  funds 
at  any  time  shall  fall  below  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  in  the 
Policemen's  Relief  Fund,  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  in  the  Fire- 
men's Relief  Fund,  then  the  fees,  to  the  amount  of  five  per  centum, 
collected  on  account  of  licenses  to  sell  spirituous  or  intoxicating 
liquors  within  the  city  of  New  Haven,  shall  be  paid  into  said  fund 
until  the  amounts  above  named  are  reached,  and  the 'fee  shall  then 
cease  to  be  paid,  and  revert  to  the  city  treasury. 

4.  All  moneys  or  property  presented  to  any  member  of  either 
department  on  account  of  special  services,  except  such  as  may,  by 
special  vote  of  the  board  of  commissioners  of  such  department,  and 
with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  be  retained  by  such  member. 

5.  Assessments  on  the  salaries  of  members  of  the  police  depart- 
ment at  the  rate  of  two  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  monthly 
or  quarterly  as  the  trustees  of  such  fund  may  determine. 

6.  Such  monthly  assessments  on  the  salaries  of  members  of  the 
fire  department,  not  exceeding  two  per  centum  per  annum,  as  the 
trustees  of  such  f'.nd  may  determine. — As  amended  by  act  approved 
May  3,  1901. 


Si'X".  67.  Said  funds  sliall  ]k'  rcspcotivel}'  known  as  the  "lV)lice- 
men's  Relief  Inind"  and  "'Idu-  iMrenien's  Relief  Fund."  and  the 
former  shall  also  include  all  lost,  ahandoned,  unclaimed,  or  stolen 
moneys  in  charge  of  the  police  de]Kirtment,  and  all  moneys  arising 
from  the  sale  of  lost,  abandoned,  unclaimed  or  stolen  property  in 
charge  of  said  department,  now  made  available  for  the  ])urpose  by 
the  statute  laws  of  the  state. 

Sec.  68.  The  boards  of  commissioners  of  such  departments 
shall  respectively  be  boards  of  trustees  of  said  funds,  and  may 
invest  and  reinvest  the  same  as  the  laws  relating  to  trust  funds 
may  permit.  The  mayor  shall  be  president  of  each  of  said  boards, 
the  city  treasurer  shall  be  its  treasurer,  and  the  clerk  of  the  depart- 
ment its  clerk.  All  orders  on  said  funds  shall  be  signed  by  the 
clerk  and  countersigned  by  the  president. 

Sec.  69.  The  board  of  police  commissioners,  with  the  afftrma- 
tive  vote  of  four  commissioners  and  with  the  mayor's  approval,  and 
the  board  of  fire  commissioners,  with  the  affirmative  vote  of  three 
commissioners  and  with  the  mayor's  approval,  may  permanently 
retire  any  member  of  the  department  who,  while  in  the  actual  per- 
formance of  duty  and-  by  reason  of  the  perfomiance  of  such  duty, 
and  without  fault  and  misconduct  on  his  part,  shall  have  become 
permanently  disabled,  physically  or  mentally,  so  as  to  be  entirely 
unfitted  to  perform  such  duties ;  and  either  of  such  boards  may 
cause  to  be  paid  from  the  fund  of  said  department  to  said  member 
during  his  lifetime  and  in  monthly  instalments,  unless  said  vote  is 
annulled  by  four  of  said  police  commissioners  or  three  of  said  fire 
commissioners,  as  the  case  may  be,  a  sum  not  greater  than  one-half 
nor  less  than  one-fourth  of  his  previous  compensation ;  provided, 
hozvcvcr,  that  in  the  cases  mentioned  in  this  section,  such  medical 
examiners  as  said  board  may  appoint  shall  certify  in  writing  that 
such  disability  exists,  and  in  their  opinion  from  such  cause. 

Sec.  70.  The  board  of  police  commissioners,  with  the  affirma- 
tive vote  of  four  commissioners,  and  with  the  mayor's  approval, 
and  the  board  of  fire  commissioners,  with  the  affirmative  vote  of 
three  commissioners  and  the  mayor's  approval,  may  cause  a  sum 
not  exceeding  two  thousand  dollars  to  be  paid  from  the  fund  of 
such  department  to  the  widow  of,  or  other  person  or  persons  depen- 
dent upon,  any  member  of  such  department  who  shall  have 
been  killed  while  in  the  actual  performance  of  duty,  or  shall  have 
died  from  the  effects  of  any  injury  received  while  in  the  actual  dis- 


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charg-e  of  such  duty,  and  may  apportion  sucli  sum  between  such 
persons  as  it  may  deem  best. 

Sec.  71.  All  members  on  the  retired  lists  in  either  department 
shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  board  of  commissioners  of  such 
department,  which  may  at  any  time  require  any  member  to  be 
re-examined,  and  in  case  he  shall  be  reported  capable  of  perform- 
ing duty,  may,  by  the  afifirmative  vote  of  four  of  said  police  com- 
missioners and  with  the  mayor's  approval,  or  of  three  of  said  fire 
commissioners,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  with  the  mayor's  approval, 
restore  him  to  service  in  said  department. 

Sec.  72.  The  clerk  in  each  department  shall  record  all  of  the 
doings  of  the  board  of  trustees,  and  all  of  the  doings  of  the  board 
of  commissioners  in  relation  to  the  fund  of  his  department,  and 
shall  record  the  vote  of  each  member  on  each  question  connected 
therewith.  An  itemized  report  of  the  condition  of  each  fund  and 
of  all  receipts  and  disbursements  shall  be  submitted  to  the  mayor 
on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  February,  1900,  and  annually 
thereafter,  for  the  preceding"  fiscal  year. 


Department  of  Public  Works. 

Sec.  IZ.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  public 
works,  which  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  one  director,  appointed 
by  the  mayor,  who  shall  be  known  as  the  director  of  public  works. 
His  salary  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,  and,  before  taking  office,  he  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk 
bonds  in  the  amount  of  ten  thousand  dollars.  The  person  in  office 
as  director  of  public  works  when  this  act  takes  efifect  shall  hold 
office  until  his  successor  has  been  appointed  and  duly  qualified. 
During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  director  of  public  works  to  hold  office  during 
the  term  for  which  said  mayor  shall  have  been  elected  and  until 
the  successor  of  such  director  shall  be  appointed  and  duly  qualified. 
— As  amended  by  acts  approved  June  10,   1901,  and  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  74.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  act,  the  director 
of  public  works  shall  be  responsible  for  the  care  and  management 
of  all  streets,  avenues,  highways,  alleys,  bridges,  public  grounds, 
and  parks  of  said  city,  and  the  opening,  grading,  improving,  repair- 
ing,   and   cleaning   of    the    same ;    of    the    construction,    protection. 


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repair,  furnishing-,  cleaning,  heating",  lighting,  and  general  care  of 
all  public  buildings,  except  such  as  are  by  the  express  terms  of  this 
act  under  the  control  of  some  other  officer  or  department ;  of  mak- 
ing and  preserving  all  surveys,  maps,  plans,  drawings,  and  estimates 
relating  to  all  works  under  the  charge  of  said  department ;  of  the 
construction,  repair,  cleaning-,  and  general  care  of  all  sewers,  drains, 
culverts,  sluiceways,  and  catch-basins.  He  shall  cause  all  orders  of 
the  court  of  common  council  concerning  any  of  said  subjects  to  be 
executed.  The  director  shall  make  all  suitable  rules  and  regula- 
tions in  regard  to  said  department  and  the  conduct  of  its  business. 

The  director  of  public  works  shall  have  the  same  power  and 
duties  in  regard  to  fence  viewing  as  were  formerly  vested  in  the 
board  of  selectmen  of  the  town  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  75.  During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially 
thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  all  heads  of  bureaus  provided 
for  in  paragraphs  one  and  two  of  section  seventy-six  of  the  charter 
of  said  city,  to  hold  office  during  the  term  for  which  said  mayor 
shall  have  been  elected  and  until  their  successors  be  appointed  and 
duly  qualified.  After  due  hearing,  by  written  order,  giving  his 
reasons  therefor  he  may  remove  or  suspend  any  officer  of  such 
department  whom  he  has  power  to  appoint ;  provided,  that  such 
written  order  shall  be  recorded  in  the  records  of  the  department. 
— As,  amended  by  acts  approved  June  lo,   1901,  and  July  6,   1905. 

Sec.  76.  There  shall  be  the  following  bureaus  in  said  depart- 
ment, the  heads  of  which  shall  appoint  and  may  remove  their  own 
subordinates,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  director. 

1.  A  bureau  of  streets,  the  head  of  which  shall  be  called  the 
superintendent  of  streets,  who  shall,  under  said  director,  have 
charge  of  the  opening  of  all  new  streets,  and  the  improvement, 
repair,  and  cleaning  of  all  streets,  avenues,  highways,  alleys,  side- 
walks, parks,  and  public  grounds  under  the  charge  of  said  depart- 
ment. The  salary  of  said  superintendent  shall  not  exceed  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

2.  A  bureau  of  sewers,  the  head  of  which  shall  be  called  the 
superintendent  of  sewers,  who,  under  said  director,  shall  be  charged 
with  the  repair,  cleaning,  and  general  supervision  of  all  sewers, 
drains,  sluice-ways,  culverts,  and  catch-basins,  and  with  such  other 
duties  as  mav  be  designated  bv  the  director.     The   salarv  of  said 


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superintendent    shall    not    exceed    eighteen    hundred    dollars    per 
annum. 

3.  A  bureau  of  engineering;,  which  shall  be  under  the  care  of 
an  experienced  civil  engineer,  who  shall  be  known  as  the  city  engi- 
neer, and  shall  make  all  surveys,  maps,  plans,  drawings,  specifica- 
tions, and  estimates  relating  to  the  work  of  said  department;  shall 
superintend  the  construction  and  repair  of  sewers,  bridges,  and  new 
pavements,  and  do  any  other  engineering  work  which  said  depart- 
ment may  require ;  and  shall  care  for  and  preserve  all  maps,  papers, 
and  books  of  said  department,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as 
may  be  by  ordinance  prescribed.  The  salary  of  said  engineer  shall 
not  exceed  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

4.  A  bureau  of  compensation,  at  the  head  of  which  shall  be  a 
board,  consisting  of  three  commissioners,  to  be  appointed  by  the 
mayor,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  belong  to  the  same  politi- 
cal party,  which  board  shall  elect  one  of  its  members  to  be  presi- 
dent. The  members  of  said  board  shall  receive  for  their  services 
such  salaries  as  the  board  of  finance  may  determine,  not  exceeding 
the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  each  per  year.  The  members  of 
the  bureau  of  compensation  holding  ofifice  when  this  act  takes  effect 
shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  the  expiration  of  the  terms  for 
which  they  were  appointed,  unless  removed  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  this  act;  and  in  the  month  of  June,  1900,  and  in  each 
June  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of  said  bureau 
for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  July  next  succeeding. 
(See  Section  17,  appendix,  page  127.) 

Sec.  77.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  appoint  such  cleri- 
cal assistance  as  may  be  necessary  for  said  department,  with  salary 
to  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  finance.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
clerk  or  clerks  to  perform  the  clerical  work  of  said  board,  and  act 
as  clerk  of  the  department  of  compensation,  and  also  to  examine 
all  transfers  of  real  estate  within  the  boundaries  of  said  city  which 
are  matters  of  public  record,  and  to  make  and  preserve,  for  the  use 
of  the  department  or  board,  and  for  the  use  of  all  officers  of  said 
city,  such  abstracts  of  titles  to  real  estate  as  may  facilitate  the  work 
of  such  department  or  board,  or  the  work  of  any  other  department 
or  officer  of  said  city,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  by 
ordinance  prescribed. 

Sec.  78.  Before  the  court  of  common  council  shall  decide  to 
take  any  land,  or  to  lay  out  any  square,  park,   street,   highway, 


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bridge,  or  walk,  or  t(^  cstal)lish  any  building-  line  or  discontinue  any 
bigbway,  it  sball  refer  all  pending  measures  relating  tbereto  to  tlie 
department  of  public  works. 

Said  department  sball,  after  notice  to  all  owners  and  mortgagees 
of  land  proposed  to  be  taken  or  affected  by  sucb  measures,  and 
after  public  bearing  tbereon,  cause  a  survey  of  sucb  land  or  a  lay- 
out of  sucb  public  work  to  be  prepared,  and  an  assessment  of  bene- 
fits and  damages  to  be  made. 

Sec.  79.  All  of  sucb  notices  sball  be  signed  by  a  clerk  of  tbe 
department,  and  a  notice  sball  be  delivered  or  mailed  to  eacb  per- 
son, interested  as  aforesaid  in  sucb  land,  wbo  resides  in  tbe  city,  or 
to  tbe  agent  in  charge  of  sucb  land,  or  be  left  at  tbe  usual  place  of 
abode  of  said  person  or  agent,  at  least  six  days  prior  to  sucb  bear- 
ing. In  case  any  person  so  interested  sball  not  at  tbe  time  reside 
in  tbe  city,  or  shall  be  under  any  legal  disability,  or  in  case  the 
owner  of  any  such  property  is  unknown,  sucb  notice  shall  be  given 
as  a  judge  of  tbe  superior  court  or  of  tbe  court  of  common  pleas 
may  order. 

Sec.  80.  The  bureau  of  compensation  shall  advertise  in  two  or 
more  daily  papers  three  times  the  time  fixed  for  a  hearing  on  all 
matters  coming  before  them,  and  the  subject  matter  of  said  hearing; 
and  after  said  hearing  shall  estimate  tbe  total  probable  expense  of 
taking  such  land,  or  of  making  such  public  improvements,  or  discon- 
tinuing such  highway,  or  establishing  such  building  lines,  and  shall 
assess  benefits  and  damages  for  or  against  all  persons  interested  in 
the  matter,  and  shall  estimate  how  much  of  said  amount  sball  be 
paid  by  each  person  whose  property  is  especially  benefited  by  the 
proposed  action,  and  how  much  shall  be  paid  to  each  person  whose 
property  is  damaged  thereby.  All  assessments  shall  be  for  the  ex- 
cess of  benefits  over  damages,  if  any,  or  z'icc  versa,  as  the  case  may 
be.  Said  bureau  shall  make  a  report  of  its  doings  to  the  depart- 
ment of  public  works,  and  in  case  the  damages  shall  exceed  the 
assessment  over  benefits,  shall  state  whether  there  has  been  any  ap- 
propriation made  in  accordance  with  law  to  pay  for  the  same,  and 
said  department  shall  report  its  doings  to  the  court  of  common 
council  in  writing,  and  shall  annex  thereto  a  survey  showang  the 
particular  designation  of  tbe  land  to  be  taken  or  the  layout  of  the 
proposed  public  improvement. 

Sec.  81.  Said  court  of  common  council  may,  after  all  necessary 
appropriations  have  been  made,  accept  said  report,  and  adopt  such 


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layout,  or  assessment,  or  may  modify  the  same  as  it  may  deem  best, 
and  when  such  report  or  modification  shall  have  been  accepted  and 
recorded  in  the  records  of  the  court  of  common  council,  and  when 
the  damao^es  shall  have  been  paid  to  the  person  whose  property  has 
been  taken  or  damag'ed  for  such  public  purpose,  or  shall  have  been 
deposited  with  the  city  treasurer  to  be  paicl  to  such  person  when  he 
shall  apply  for  the  same,  then  each  of  said  assessments  shall  be 
legally  deemed  to  have  been  made,  and  if  the  matter  relate  to  the 
taking  of  land,  the  land  described  in  the  order  of  said  court  of  com- 
mon council  shall  be  and  remain  taken  and  devoted  to  the  public 
use  for  which  it  shall  have  been  so  designated.  Such  assessment 
shall  be  published  three  times  in  each  of  two  or  more  daily  news- 
papers published  in  said  city,  within  one  week  after  compliance 
with  the  foregoing  provision  in  regard  to  the  payment  of  damages, 
and  after  the  report  of  the  director  of  public  works  that  the  im- 
provements have  been  completed.  All  assessments  of  benefits  shall 
be  payable  immediately  after  the  last  day  of  publication  of  such 
assessments.  The  city  clerk,  shall,  with  any  such  assessment,  also 
publish  the  descriptive  part  of  the  order  of  the  court  of  common 
council  on  which  such  assessment  is  based,  and  the  date  when  the 
same  is  payable. 

If  any  person  shall  refuse  to  receive  the  amount  found  due  to 
him,  or  in  case  no  one  shall  be  found  having  authority  to  receive 
the  sum  found  due  to  any  particular  person,  such  amount  shall  be 
deposited  in  the  treasury  of  said  city,  to  be  paid  to  the  person  en- 
titled to  receive  the  same  whenever  he  shall  apply  therefor.  Xo 
assessment  for  benefits  shall  be  collectible  nor  bear  interest  until  the 
work  for  such  assessment  was  laid  shall  have  been  completed. 
Every  such  assessment  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per 
centum  per  annum  from  and  after  the  date  of  such  completion 
until  a  certificate  of  lien  therefor  shall  have  been  filed. 

Sec.  82.  The  court  of  common  council  may  order  the  owner  or 
owners  of  any  land  fronting  on  any  highway  or  street  in  said  city 
to  construct  or  repair  sidewalks,  curbs,  or  gutters  within  the  high- 
way adjacent  to  said  land,  in  the  manner  and  within  the  time  speci- 
fied in  such  order,  at  such  grade  as  said  city  may  have  constructed 
in  said  highway.  Notice  of  such  order  shall  be  given  by  the  direc- 
tor of  public  works  to  each  property  owner  affected  by  said  order, 
in  the  manner  prescribed  for  serving  notices  of  hearing  of  said  de- 
partment. If  any  such  owner  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply 
with  such  order,  or  to  remove  snow,  ice,  or  sleet  from  the  sidewalk 


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adjacent  to  his  land  in  tlic  manner  required  l)y  ordinance,  it  sliall 
be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent  of  streets,  at  the  expense  of  the 
city,  to  perform  the  thinc^s  required  by  such  order  or  ordinance, 
and  the  expense  so  incurred  sliall,  from  the  time  when  such  super- 
intendent be,G:ins  to  act  and  make  expense  in  the  premises,  be  and 
continue  a  lien  and  real  incumbrance  in  favor  of  said  city  upon  such 
land.  Such  amount  may  also  be  recovered  in  an  action  in  the 
name  of  said  city. 

Sec.  83.  All  assessments  of  benefits  made  under  this  act  shall 
be  and  remain  a  lien  upon  the  property  especially  benefited  by  the 
public  work  or  improvement  in  view  of  which  such  assessments 
were  made,  but  the  whole  amount  of  assessments  for  benefits,  by 
reason  of  any  such  work  or  improvement,  shall  in  no  case  exceed 
the  cost  thereof,  including  the  damages  payable ;  and  such  liens, 
and  liens  for  the  expenses  of  the  laying  of  any  sidewalk,  curb,  or 
gutter  by  said  city,  or  for  the  cleaning  of  any  sidewalk,  or  for  the 
sprinkling  of  any  street,  shall  take  precedence  and  priority  of  all 
other  liens  or  incumbrances  on  the  property  whereon  the  same  is 
imposed  (except  taxes  and  other  city  liens  prior  in  date),  and  may 
be  foreclosed  in  the  same  manner  as  though  said  liens  were  mort- 
gages on  such  property  in  favor  of  said  city  to  secure  the  amount  of 
such  assessment  or  expense ;  provided,  that  no  such  lien  shall  con- 
tinue to  exist  longer  than  sixty  days  after  such  assessment  shall  have 
become  payable,  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  after  such  expense  shall 
have  been  incurred,  unless  within  that  period  a  certificate  of  lien,  in 
the  manner  and  form  elsewhere  provided,  shall  be  lodged  with  the 
town  clerk  of  the  town  of  New  Haven,  to  be  by  him  recorded  in  a 
book  kept  for  that  purpose. 

(When  any  lien  is  put  upon  any  land  or  buildings  under  the 
charter  and  by-laws  of  said  city,  such  land  and  buildings  shall  be 
liable  for  the  assessment  and  interest  on  the  amount  of  such  lien 
from  the  date  thereof  until  paid,  and  also  for  the  tow^n  clerk's  fee 
and  a  fee  of  one  dollar  for  the  drafting  of  a  lien  certificate,  and, 
before  such  lien  shall  be  removed,  such  assessment,  interest,  and 
fees  shall  be  paid  to  the  collector.  Amendment  by  act  approved 
June  3,  1903.) 

Sec.  84.  In  case  any  land  in  front  of  which  any  sidewalk, 
curb,  or  gutter  is  ordered,  or  against  which  an  assessment  of  bene- 
fits for  any  public  work  is  to  be  made,  shall  be  holden  by  two  or 
more  persons  jointly,  or  two  or  more  persons  shall  have  different 


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estates  tlierein.  the  board  of  compensation  may  apportion  between 
such  persons  the  amount  of  such  assessment  or  the  expense  of  car- 
rying' out  such  order.  Said  board  shall  report  its  doings  to  the 
court  of  common  council,  and  the  action  of  said  court  of  common 
council  thereon  shall  determine  the  amount  to  be  paid  by  the  said 
persons  respectively. 

Sec.  85.  Any  party  who  shall  be  aggrieved  by  any  order  of  the 
court  of  common  council,  making  any  such  assessment  of  benefits 
or  damages,  or  requiring-  the  construction  of  any  sidewalk,  curb,  or 
gutter,  or  the  payment  of  any  part  of  the  expense  thereof,  may 
make  written  application  for  relief  to  the  superior  court,  to  be  held 
in  and  for  New  Haven  county ;  provided,  hozuever,  that  he  shall 
cause  a  copy  of  said  application  to  be  served  upon  the  city  clerk 
within  thirty  days  after  the  doing  of  the  act  complained  of.  Said 
court  may,  by  a  committee  or  otherwise,  inquire  into  the  allega- 
tions of  such  application,  and  may  confirm,  annul,  or  modify  the 
assessment  or  other  action  therein  complained  of,  or  make  such 
order  in  the  premises  as  equity  may  require,  and  may  allow  costs 
to  either  or  neither  party  at  its  discretion ;  and  said  court  may 
inquire  into  the  validity  of  all  the  proceedings  upon  which  said 
assessments  or  other  action  is  based.  No  land  taken  as  aforesaid 
shall  be  occupied  by  the  city  until  the  time  for  taking  appeals  shall 
have  expired,  and  until  all  appeals  have  been  finally  disposed  of. 
All  such  appeals  shall  be  privileged  cases  in  the  superior  court,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporation  counsel  to  cause  such  appeals 
to  be  heard  as  speedily  as  possible. 


Department  of  Parks. 

Sec.  86.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  parks, 
which  shall  be  under  the  charge  of  a  board  of  park  commissioners, 
consisting  of  the  mayor,  who  shall  be  its  chairman,  cx-ofUcio,  with 
power  to  vote  in  case  of  a  tie,  and  eight  commissioners,  who  shall 
serve  without  pay  and  be  chosen  as  follows :  The  three  permanent 
or  citizen  commissioners  of  the  East  Rock  park  commission  shall 
be  commissioners  of  said  board ;  the  five  other  commissioners  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  87.  The  three  citizen  commissioners  of  East  Rock  park 
aforesaid  shall  hold  their  respective  positions,  and  their  successors 


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shall  be  appointed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  incor- 
porating^ East  Rock  park  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  passed  at  the 
January  session.  1880,  and  amendments  thereto.  And  in  the  month 
of  January.  i()o6,  and.  in  each  January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall 
appoint  one  citizen  as  a  park  commissioner,  to  hold  office  for 
three  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  followinp;-.  In  the 
month  of  January.  iC)Oj,  and  in  every  second  January  thereafter, 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  two  aldermen  to  be  park  commissioners 
during'  their  term  of  office.  No  park  commissioner  shall  be  re- 
moved except  by  a  vote  of  the  board,  but  the  mayor  may  fill  any 
vacancy  that  may  occur,  except  among  the  commissioners  of  East 
Rock  park,  by  an  appointment  of  the  same  character  for  the  un- 
expired term.  The  citizen  members  of  the  board  of  park  commis- 
sioners who  shall  have  been  appointed  by  the  mayor  prior  to  Janu- 
ary I,  1906.  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices  for  one 
month  after  the  time  when  their  respective  terms  of  of^ce  would, 
except  for  this  provision,  have  expired. — As  amended  by  act  ap- 
proved July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  88.  Said  board  shall  have  general  and  exclusive  charge, 
control,  and  management  of  East  Rock  park,  and  of  all  other 
public  parks,  squares,  grounds,  and  open  places  accjuired  or  dedi- 
cated to  public  use  since  May  twenty-fourth.  1889,  and  which  may 
hereafter  be  acquired  or  dedicated  to  public  use.  as  parts  of  or 
additions  to  the  public  park  system  of  the  city  or  town  of  New- 
Haven,  whether  within  or  without  the  limits  of  said  city,  but  not 
including"  streets  in  parks  within  the  city  limits.  It  shall  have  sole 
charge  of  the  preservation,  development,  and  adornment  of  said 
parks,  and  is  hereby  empowered  to  make  and  alter,  from  time  to 
time,  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  the  maintenance  of  order, 
safety,  and  decency  in  said  parks,  the  prevention  of  any  depreda- 
tion therein  or  misuse  of  the  same,  and  the  protection  and  preser- 
vation of  said  parks  both  within  and  without  the  limits  of  the  city, 
and  to  affix  penalties  for  disobedience  thereto,  which  rules  and 
regulations  shall  have  the  force  of  ordinances  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  ;  proi'idcd,  that  no  such  rule  or  regulation  shall  be  of  any 
effect  unless  it  shall  have  been  first  approved  by  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  and  then  published  at  full  length  in  one  or  more  of 
the  daily  newspapers  published  in  New  Haven,  and  also  printed 
and  posted  in  conspicuous  places  within  the  limits  of  the  parks  or 
places  to  which  such  regulation  is  intended  to  apply.     For  the  pur- 


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pose  of  enforcing-  such  rules  and  regulations,  all  such  parks  and 
places,  whether  within  or  without  the  limits  of  said  city,  are  hereby 
placed  under  the  police  jurisdiction  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and 
■complaints  for  violation  of  such  regulations  may  be  made  by  the 
city  attorney  to  the  city  court  of  said  city ;  but  nothing  contained  in 
this  section  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  general  police  or  govern- 
mental jurisdiction  of  any  town  within  whose  limits  any  portion  of 
such  public  park  or  place  may  be  situated.  Any  member  of  the 
police  department  or  the  superintendent  of  any  park  may  arrest 
without  warrant  in  any  of  such  parks  or  places,  whether  within  or 
without  the  limits  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  any  person  who  has 
broken  any  park  rule,  or  committed,  any  other  offense  in  said  parks ; 
and  the  city  court  of  New  Haven  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  all  mis- 
demeanors committed  within  the  limits  of  said  parks. 

Sec.  89.  All  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  city  used  for  park 
purposes,  within  the  limits  of  any  other  town,  shall  be  exempt  from 
taxation  or  assessment  for  benefits  and  damages. 

Sec.  90.  Said  board,  with  the  approval  of  the  court  of  common 
council,  shall  have  power,  in  the  name  and  on  behalf  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  to  procure  by  gift,  purchase,  lease,  exchange,  or  other 
contract,  or  by  condemnation  as  herein  elsewhere  provided,  real 
property,  whether  within  or  without  the  limits  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  public  parks  or  the  enlarging 
of  existing  parks ;  proznded,  hon^ever,  that  in  no  case  shall  any 
expenditure  be  made  in  excess  of  the  amount  previously  appro- 
priated for  such  purpose. 

Sec.  91.  Said  board  may  employ  a  secretary,  who  may  be  one 
of  its  own  members,  at  a  salary  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars 
per  annum.  It  shall  have  power  to  appoint  or  employ  such  super- 
intendents, engineers,  and  other  officers  and  employes  as  it  may 
deem  necessary,  and  shall  prescribe  and  define  their  respective 
powers,  duties,  and  authority,  and  shall  fix  and  regulate  the  com- 
pensation to  be  paid  to  the  several  persons  so  employed.  It  may 
call  on  the  department  of  public  works  for  such  services  from  the 
city  engineer  as  it  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  92.  The  board  of  finance  shall  annually  appropriate  a  sum 
of  money,  not  exceeding  six  thousand  dollars,  for  the  care  and 
maintenance  of  East  Rock  park,  and  an  additional  sum  of  money, 
not  exceeding  twelve  thousand  dollars,  for  the  care  of  all  other 
parks  under  the  charge  of  said  board. 


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DKrARTMRXT  OF   PUBLIC   HeALTH. 

Sec.  93.  There  shall  he  a  department  of  public  health  in  said 
citv.  under  the  care  and  control  of  a  board  of  health,  consisting'  of 
five  members,  two  of  whom  shall  be  physicians.  Said  board  shall 
choose  a  president,  who  shall  be  at  the  head  of  said  department. 
All  members  of  said  board  shall  be  residents  of  said  city  and  shall 
serve  without  compensation.  The  members  of  the  board  of  health 
holding  office  at  the  time  when  this  act  takes  effect  shall  continue 
to  hold  office  until  the  terms  for  which  they  have  been  appointed 
expire  unless  they  be  sooner  removed  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act.  In  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  every 
January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of  said 
board  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  first  day  of 
February  next  following  his  appointment. — As  amended  by  act 
approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  94.  Said  board  shall  have  and  exercise  throughout  the  city 
and  town  of  New'  Haven  and  over  the  navigable  waters  adjacent 
thereto  all  the  jurisdiction,  power,  privileges,  and  duties  now  by 
law  vested  in  and  imposed  upon  the  town  health  officers  in  this 
state  in  their  respective  towns.  Said  board  shall  have  the  power  to 
inspect  food  stufTs  offered  for  sale  within  the  limits  of  the  city  and 
town  and  regulate  the  sale  of  the  same  so  far  as  the  sanitary  interest 
of  the  community  is  involved.  It  shall  regulate  the  sale  of  milk 
by  licensing  for  a  reasonable  fee  the  vendors  of  the  same,  and  may 
destroy  such  breadstuffs,  including  milk  and  other  property,  when 
it  is  detrimental  to  the  public  health.  Said  board  shall  abate 
nuisances  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  whenever  their  orders  are 
neglected  beyond  a  reasonable  time,  and  said  board  shall  for  such 
acts  have  power  to  place  a  lien  on  the  property  involved,  for  the 
expense  incurred  in  carrying  out  such  abatement,  which  liens  shall 
take  precedence  over  all  other  encumbrances  except  taxes  and  liens 
of  prior  date.  Said  board  may,  from  time  to  time,  make  such 
by-laws,  rules,  regulations,  and  orders  as  in  its  judgment  the  pre- 
servation of  the  public  health  shall  require,  to  be  enforced  in  the 
same  manner  as  city  ordinances,  which  by-laws,  rules,  regulations, 
and  orders  shall  be  of  full  force  and  effect  throughout  the  entire 
fifteen  wards  of  said  city ;  provided,  the  same  be  not  inconsistent 
with  the  constitution  or  laws  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States 
or  with  the  charter  or  ordinances  of  said  city ;  and  provided,  that 


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said  board  shall  in  no  case  impose  a  penalty  of  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  for  a  sing-le  violation  of  any  by-law,  and  that  no 
suit  or  process  shall  be  brought  for  such  violation  unless  said 
by-laws  have  been  published  at  least  four  times  in  some  daily  news- 
paper printed  in  said  city,  before  such  violation  occurred.  There 
shall  be  no  appeal  from  any  action  of  said  board  to  the  county 
health  officer,  nor  shall  he  have  power  to  veto  or  annul  any  orders 
of  said  board. — As  amended  by  act  approved  May  29,  1901. 

Sec.  95.  Said  board  shall  employ  at  the  expense  of  said  city  a 
health  officer,  with  such  powers  and  duties  as  said  board  may  pre- 
scribe; and  may  also  appoint  such  number  of  assistant  health 
officers  or  inspectors,  clerks,  and  plumbing  inspectors,  with  such 
duties  and  powers  as  said  board  may  prescribe,  and  may  fix  their 
compensation  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  96.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  department  of  police 
to  render,  upon  the  request  of  said  board,  certified  by  the  clerk  and 
approved  by  the  mayor,  such  assistance  in  the  enforcement  of  its 
by-laws,  rules,  regulations,  and  orders  as  said  request  may  specify. 

Sec.  97.  In  case  of  the  sudden  spread  of  contagious  diseases, 
said  board  may,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  mayor,  make  all 
expenditures  which  it  may  deem  necessary,  until  the  board  of 
finance  shall  have  taken  action  in  the  premises. 


Department  of  the  Public  Library. 

Sec.  98.  The  city  may  maintain  a  public  library  and  reading 
room,  with  such  kindred  and  incident  conveniences  as  it  may  deem 
proper,  the  use  of  which  under  proper  regulations  shall  be  free  to 
Its  inhabitants. 

Sec.  99.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of.  the  public 
library,  which  shall  be  under  the  management  and  control  of  a 
board  of  library  directors.  Said  board  of  directors  shall  have 
charge  of  all  the  property  of  said  city  used  for  the  purposes  of  said 
library,  and  shall  direct  the  expenditures  of  all  money  placed  at  its 
disposal  by  the  city,  from  whatever  source  derived.  Said  board 
shall  consist  of  nine  directors,  and  the  mayor,  who  may  preside, 
ex  officio,  over  said  board,  and  who  shall  vote,  only  to  dissolve  a 
tie.  All  the  members  of  said  board  shall  be  residents  of  the  city 
■of   New   Haven,   and   shall   serve   without   pay.     The    members    of 


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said  board  of  directors  holding;  ofifice  vvlien  this  act  takes  effect  shall 
continue  to  liold  their  respective  offices  until  the  term  for  which 
they  were  appointed  shall  expire,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  said  city.  In 
January,  1906,  and  in  every  third  year  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall 
appoint  two  directors  who  shall  hokl  office  for  three  years  from  the 
date  of  their  appointment ;  and  in  January,  1907,  and  every  third 
year  thereafter,  and  in  January,  1908,  and  every  third  year  there- 
after, the  mayor  shall  appoint  three  directors  to  hold  office  for 
three  years  from  the  date  of  their  appointment.  In  January,  1906, 
and  annually  in  said  month  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint 
one  alderman  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  hold  office  as  director  for 
one  year;  provided,  however,  that  if  the  said  appointee  shall  at 
any  time  during  the  year  cease  to  be  a  member  of  the  board  of 
aldermen,  then  his  term  of  office  as  director  shall  also  expire,  and 
the  mayor  shall  fill  the  vacancy  by  the  appointment  of  another 
alderman  to  hold  the  said  office  of  director  for  the  remainder  of 
the  year. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  100.  Said  board  of  directors  shall  make  and  enforce  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem  proper,  for  the  management, 
protection,  and  preservation  of  the  property  of  said  library.  They 
shall  have  power,  with  the  consent  of  the  court  of  common  council, 
to  make  a  contract  or  contracts  on  behalf  of  and  in  the  name  of  said 
city  with  the  New  Haven  Young  Men's  Institute,  and  with  any 
trustee  or  trustees  now  or  hereafter  holding  property  for  the  benefit 
of  said  institute,  or  any  part  thereof,  for  the  use  and  occupation  of 
any  property  of  said  institute  and  of  any  property  so  held  in  trust 
for  any  of  the  purposes  aforesaid. 

Sec.  101.  Said  board  shall  appoint  and  remove  such  officers  and 
employes  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  proper  management  of 
said  library  and  reading-room,  and  shall  fix  the  duties  and  com- 
pensations of  such  officers  and  employes.  Appointments  and  pro- 
motions to  the  positions  of  librarian,  assistant  librarian,  and  super- 
intendents of  the  different  departments  may  be  made  by  said  board 
without  competitive  examination,  and  the  provisions  of  sections  one 
hundred  and  seventeen  to  one  hundred  and  twenty-four  of  said 
charter  shall  not  apply  thereto.-^As  amended  by  act  approved  July 
6,  1905. 

Sec.  102.  The  board  of  finance  of  the  city  shall  annually  ap- 
propriate a  sum  of  money  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  and  may  from 


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time  to  time  aporopriate,  in  acklition  thereto,  sums  of  money  for 
building  sites,  repairs,  improvements  in  real  estate,  or  new  buildings. 
All  moneys  which  have  been  or  shall  be  appropriated,  and  all 
moneys  received  from  any  other  source  for  such  pur])oses,  shall  be 
kept  by  the  treasurer  of  said  city  as  a  separate  fund  to  be  paid  out 
only  on  the  order  of  the  board  of  directors  herein  provided  for. 
All  receipts  of  said  library  from  fines,  sales  of  books,  catalogues, 
and  all  other  receipts  shall  be  added  to  said  fund,  and  shall  be  at 
the  disposal  of  said  board  of  directors.  All  bills  and  vouchers  lor 
expenses  incurred  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  said  library,  subject  to 
inspection  by  the  city  controller,  the  corporation  counsel,  and  the 
members  of  the  board  of  directors  of  said  library.  In  no  case  shall 
the  board  of  directors  incur  any  debt  for  the  free  public  library 
beyond  the  amount  of  current  funds  on  hand  and  the  previous 
unexpended  appropriations  of  the  board  of  finance.  The  depai:t- 
ment  of  the  free  public  library  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  accept  any  and  all  devises,  legacies,  or  gifts  of 
property,  either  real  or  personal,  of  any  kind  or  class,  that  may 
be  given  or  left  to  it  by  w'ill  or  devise ;  and  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  said  free  public  library  is  hereby  given  full  power  and 
authority,  as  trustees  or  otherwise,  to  invest,  reinvest,  and  to  have 
complete  direction  and  management  over  all  such  property,  of 
any  class  or  kind,  already  given,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  given, 
either  to  said  free  public  library  of  New  Haven,  or  to  the  city  of 
New  Haven  in  trust  for  the  use  of  the  said  free  public  library.  All 
funds,  moneys,  bonds,  mortgages,  and  securities  of  any  class  or 
kind  which  have  been  or  may  be  hereafter  given  to  the  free  public 
library  of  New  Haven,  or  to  the  city  of  New  Haven,  in  trust  for 
the  use  of  the  free  public  library,  shall  be  kept  by  the  treasurer  of 
the  city  of  New  Haven  who  shall  give  a  bond,  in  addition  to  the 
bond  otherwise  required  by  him,  in  an  amount  satisfactory  to  the 
board  of  library  directors,  for  the  care  and  safe-keeping  of  the 
said  securities. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,   1905. 

Sec.  103.  Said  board  of  directors  may  make  rules,  extending, 
upon  such  terms  and  under  such  conditions  as  to  the  board  may 
seem  best,  all  the  privileges  of  said  library  to  any  or  all  of  the  fol- 
lowing classes  of  persons,  viz. :  First,  to  non-residents  attending 
school  or  college  within  the  limits  of  said  city  of  New  Haven ; 
second,  to  non-residents  doing  business  in  said  city  of  New  Haven 
who   pay   taxes   therein;   third,   persons   who   are   residents   of   the 


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boroug^h  of  West  Haven,  provided  said  borough  shall  make  an  ap- 
propriation for  the  benefit  of  said  library  which  shall  be  satisfactory 
to  the  board  of  directors;  fourth,  to  all  non-residents  on  the  pay- 
ment of  such  sums  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  directors. 


Department  of  Education. 

Sec.  104.  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  department  of  education, 
which  shall  have  the  care  and  management  of  all  the  affairs  of 
the  New  Haven  city  school  district.  After  this  act  takes  effect  no 
meeting  of  the  New  Haven  city  school  district  shall  be  held  for 
any  purpose  whatever. 

Sec.  105.  Said  department  shall  be  under  the  control  of  a  board 
of  education  of  seven  members  who  shall  serve  without  compensa- 
tion. The  members  of  the  board  of  education  in  office  at  the  time 
this  act  takes  effect  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  during  the 
terms  for  which  they  were  appointed  unless  sooner  removed  for 
cause  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  act.  On  or  before  the  first 
day  of  September,  1899,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  two  members  of 
said  board  to  serve  four  years  from  the  third  Monday  in  September 
next  following;  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September,  1900,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  two  members  of  said  board  to  serve  four  years 
from  the  third  Monday  of  September  next  following;  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  September,  1901,  he  shall  appoint  two  members  of 
said  board  to  serve  for  four  years  from  the  third  Monday  of  Septem- 
ber, 1902,  said  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of  said  board  to 
serve  for  a  period  of  four  years  from  the  third  Monday  of  Septem- 
ber next  following.  And  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September 
in  every  year  thereafter  the  mayor  shall  fill  the  vacancies  about  to 
occur  in  said  board  by  appointing  one  or  two  members,  as  the  case 
may  be,  to  serve  for  four  years  from  the  third  Monday  in  Septem- 
ber following  their  appointment.  Not  more  than  four  members  of 
the  same  political  party  shall  at  any  one  time  be  members  of  said 
board.  The  mayor  shall  fill  all  vacancies  caused  by  death,  resigna- 
tion, or  otherwise,  by  appointment,  for  the  unexpired  term.  If  the 
mayor  shall  refuse,  fail,  or  neglect  for  thirty  days  to  make  an  ap- 
pointment to  fill  any  vacancy  that  may  occur  in  said  board,  either 
by  death,   resignation,   removal,   or  otherwise,   then   the   remaining 


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members   of   said   board   may   elect   a   suitable   person   to   fill   such 
vacancy. 

Sec.  106.  The  board  of  education  shall  appoint  a  superintendent 
of  schools,  and  shall  decide  the  number  of  principals,  assistants,  and 
teachers  to  be  employed.  It  may  appoint  or  employ  a  secretary,  an 
inspector  of  buildings,  and  such  other  officers  and  employes  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of  its  business.  It  shall  fix 
their  terms  of  office  and  their  salaries  and  prescribe  their  duties  in 
each  case,  except  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  officers  and  em- 
ployes of  the  New  Haven  city  school  district,  at  the  time  of  taking 
effect  of  this  act,  shall  retain  their  respective  offices  until  their 
successors  shall  be  chosen,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
board  of  education  then  in  existence,  not  inconsistent  with  this  act, 
shall  remain  in  force  until  repealed.  Said  board  shall  have  the 
entire  charge  and  direction  of  all  the  public  schools  of  said  district, 
and  of  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  appropriated  for  the  support 
of  the  same,  and  shall  have  charge  of  the  construction,  management, 
and  repair  of  all  school  buildings,  and  shall  possess  all  other  powers 
and  be  subject  to  all  of  the  general  duties  of  boards  of  education, 
school  committees,  and  school  visitors  in  this  state,  so  far  as  the 
same  are  consistent  with  the  terms  of  this  act.  It  shall  annually 
choose  a  president  from  among  its  own  members,  make  its  own 
by-laws,  keep  a  journal  of  its  proceedings,  define  the  duties  of  its 
officers  and  committees,  and  prescribe  such  rules  and  regulations 
for  discipline  in  said  public  schools  as  are  not  inconsistent  with  the 
laws  of  the  state. 

Sec.  107.  The  superintendent  of  schools,  if  he  has  not  held  the 
office  before,  shall  be  appointed  for  one  year,  and  if  continued  in 
office  .thereafter  may  be  appointed  for  a  term  of  five  years,  and  his 
salary  shall  not  be  reduced  before  the  expiration  of  said  term  of 
five  years.  He  shall  not  be  removed  during  said  term  except  by 
the  vote  of  five  members  of  the  board  of  education.  He  shall 
appoint  from  those  eligible  under  the  rules  of  the  board  all 
principals,  assistants,  and  teachers  necessary  to  fill  positions  author- 
ized by  the  board.  He  shall  assign  all  principals,  assistants,  and 
teachers  to  their  respective  positions  and  re-assign  them  or  dismiss 
them  from  office  at  his  discretion.  He  shall  report  at  each  meeting 
of  the  board  all  appointments,  re-assignments,  and  dismissals  made 
by  him  since  the  previous  meeting.  Any  appointment  by  the 
superintendent  may  be  rejected  by  a  vote  of  five  members  of  the 


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board.  Any  dismissal  by  the  superintendent  shall  be  final  unless 
reversed  by  a  vote  of  five  members  of  the  board  at  the  meeting 
when  such  dismissal  is  reported^  Notice  of  dismissal  on  the  part 
of  the  superintendent  shall  be  given  to  the  principal,  assistant,  or 
teacher  by  the  superintendent  in  writing  at  least  one  week  before 
the  meeting  of  the  board  when  the  superintendent  reports  such 
dismissal.  He  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  board  of  education, 
prescribe  the  courses  of  study  in  all  the-  schools,  but  the  text-books 
to  be  used  in  said  courses  shall  be  designated  by  the  board.  The 
superintendent  shall  annually,  at  a  date  to  be  fixed  by  the  board, 
submit  to  the  board  a  full  report  of  the  work  and  condition  of  the 
schools  during  the  previous  year,  with  recommendations  for  the 
ensuing  year,  which  report,  when  accepted  by  the  board,  shall  form 
part  of  its  report  to  the  mayor.  He  shall  also  report,  each  month 
during  the  school  year,  to  the  board  in  writing,  any  changes  made 
in  the  several  courses  of  study,  and  what  principals,  assistants,  and 
teachers  he  has  assigned,  re-assigned,  or  dismissed,  and  shall  furnish 
such  additional  information  regarding  the  condition  of  the  schools 
and  the  efficiency  of  the  teaching  force  as  may  be  required  by  the 
board.  Said  monthly  reports  shall  be  entered  in  a  suitable  book 
provided  for  the  purpose,  and  shall  be  kept  as  a  part  of  the  records 
of  the  department. 

Sec.  108.  The  treasurer  of  the  city  shall  receive  the  amount  of 
school  money  to  which  the  district  is  entitled  from  the  school 
moneys  of  the  state,  from  the  town  of  New  Haven,  from  state 
appropriations  for  school  purposes,  from  gifts,  and  from  the  tax 
laid  within  the  district  for  school  purposes,  which  moneys  shall  be 
subject  to  the  order  of  the  board  of  education  under  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  the  board  of  finance  may  from  time  to  time  establish. 

Sec.  109.  The  board  of  education  shall  submit  to  the  board  of 
finance  of  the  city,  at  the  time  fixed  by  law  for  the  submission  of 
the  estimates  of  the  other  departments  of  said  city,  a  detailed 
estimate  of  its  expenses  for  the  next  year  for  which  the  appropria- 
tions for  city  purposes  are  by  law  required  to  be  made,  specifying 
separately  the  sums  needed  for  current  and  special  expenses. 

Sec.  110.  Said  board  of  finance  shall  annually  appropriate  for 
the  purpose  of  said  district  such  amount  as  it  may  deem  necessary 
for  such  purposes.  Appropriations  made  for  school  sites  and  the 
building  and  furnishing  of  new  schoolhouses  or  additions  to  old 
ones  shall  be  known  as  the  special  school  fund,  and  it  shall  be  the 


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duty  of  the  board  of  education  to  cause  accurate  accounts  to  be 
kept  of  its  receipts  and  expenditures,  distinguishing  between  those 
of  a  general  and  those  of  a  special  character.  The  board  of  finance 
shall  levy,  for  school  purposes,  a  tax  upon  all  property  within  said 
district  as  now  or  hereafter  constituted. 

Sec.  111.  The  board  of  education  sh^fll  have  power  to  maintain 
one  or  two  high  schools,  as  it  may  deem  advisable,  and  a  manual 
training  school,  and  it  shall  determine  the  number  and  location  of 
primary  and  grammar  schools,  but  no  expenditure  involving  any 
expense  to  the  city  of  New  Haven  or  the  New  Haven  city  school 
district  for  the  purchase  of  ground  or  the  erection  of  schoolhouses 
shall  be  made  until  a  special  appropriation  for  that  purpose  shall 
have  been  made. 

Sec.  112.  Said  board  shall  annually,  at  a  date  to  be  fixed  by  the 
mayor,  transmit  to  the  mayor  a  full  report  of  its  proceedings 
during  the  previous  year,  together  with  a  statement  of  its  receipts 
and  expenditures,  specifying  those  on  account  of  current  expenses, 
and  special  expenses  for  land  and  buildings  respectively,  with  such 
other  details  as  the  mayor  may  from  time  to  time  require. 

Sec.  113.  Said  board  shall  have  power  to  divide  the  school  dis- 
trict into  as  many  sub-districts  as  it  may  deem  advisable,  for  the 
purpose  of  determining  the  limits  within  which  children  may 
attend  each  school. 

Sec.  114.  The  city  of  New  Haven,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  board  of  education,  shall  have  power  to  take  sites  for  school- 
houses,  or  for  the  enlargement  of  sites  already  acquired,  in  the 
manner  provided  by  law  for  the  taking  of  land  for  public  parks. 

Sec.  115.  The  title  to  all  property,  legal  or  equitable,  owned  by 
such  district,  or  which  may  hereafter  be  acquired  for  school  pur- 
poses in  said  district,  is  hereby  vested  in  the  board  of  education,  as 
trustee  for  said  New  Haven  city  school  district. 

Sec.  116.  The  Westville  school  district  and  the  South  school 
district  are  excepted  from  the  provisions  hereof.  Whenever  the 
electors  of  either  the  Westville  school  district  or  the  South  school 
district  in  the  town  and  city  of  New  Haven  shall,  by  a  majority 
vote  in  district  meeting,  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  admission 
of  the  different  w^ards  in  section  218  of  this  act,  express  their  desire 
to  have  their  district  annexed  to  the  New  Haven  city  school  dis- 
trict, said  vote  shall  be  certified  to  the  board  of  education  of  the 
New  Haven  city  school  district,  and  said  board  shall  then,  by  a 


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proper  vote,  declare  tlie  district  in  question  to  be  a  part  of  the  New 
Haven  city  school  district,  and  it  shall  thereafter  be  included  in 
said  New  Haven  city  school  district,  and  be  governed  by  all  the 
provisions  of  this  act   relating  to  said  district. 


Civil  Service  Board. 

Sec.  117.  The  chiefs  of  police  and  fire  departments  and  three 
citizens,  who  shall  serve  without  pay  and  be  appointed  by  the 
mayor,  shall  constitute  a  civil  service  board.  The  necessary 
expenses  of  said  board  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  after  approval  by 
the  board  of  finance.  All  citizens  now  members  of  said  civil 
service  board  shall  continue  to  be  members  of  said  board  during 
the  terms  for  which  they  were  appointed  unless  sooner  removed 
for  cause  under  the  provisions  of  this  act.  In  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber, 1900,  and  biennially  thereafter  in  the  month  of  December,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  member  of  said  civil  service  board  for  a 
term  of  six  years  from  the  first  day  of  Januar}^  next  succeeding 
his  appointment.  Not  more  than  tw^o  of  the  citizen  members 
appointed  by  the  mayor  shall  at  any  time  be  members  of  the  same 
political  party,  and  neither  of  such  citizen  members  shall  hold  any 
Dther  city  ofifice. — As  amended  by  act  approved  April  9,  1901. 

Sec.  118.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  prescribe  rules 
for  ascertaining  the  competency  of  applicants  for  position  or  pro- 
motion in  the  police  and  fire  departments,  and  for  all  positions  in 
the  city  government  except  the  elective  officers,  commissioners, 
officials  appointed  by  the  mayor,  superintendents  and  principals 
and  teachers  employed  by  the  board  of  education.  Said  board 
shall,  under  such  rules  as  it  may  adopt,  hold  competitive  examina- 
tions as  a  basis  for  recommendations  respecting  any  such  positions 
or  promotions.  Said  board  shall  also  adopt  such  rules  as  it  may 
deem  effective  providing  for  the  registration  and  selection  of  all 
laborers  to  be  employed  by  the  city,  which  shall  relate  only  to 
their  capacity  for  labor,  their  habits  as  to  industry,  honesty,  and 
sobriety,  and  the  number  of  persons  dependent  on  them  for  support. 

Sec.  119.  Whenever  said  board  shall  have  adopted  rules  rela- 
tive to  the  appointment  or  promotion  of  any  class  of  such  ofiiciais, 
no  appointments  or  proniotions  within  such  class  shall  be  made, 
except  from  those  who  shall  have  passed  an  examination  of  at  least 


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seventy  per  centum  and  have  received  a  certificate  to  that  effect 
from  said  board,  and  arc  upon  the  list  of  those  ehj^^ible  to  such 
position  or  promotion,  under  the  rules  of  said  board.  And  after 
the  adoption  of  such  rules  no  removals  shall  be  made  of  persons 
holding  positions  in  any  department  of  the  city,  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  such  rules,  except  for  sufficient  cause  duly  shown,  which 
cause  shall  not  be  political. 

Sec.  120.  Any  appointment  or  removal  made  in  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  section  119  shall  be  null  and  void  ;  and  it  is  hereby 
made  the  duty  of  the  controller  of  the  city  to  ascertain  and  make 
record  of  all  appointments  lawfully  made  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  said  section  119.  and  he  shall  make  no  payments  of 
salary  or  other  compensation  to  persons  within  the  classes  pre- 
scribed in  section  118.  otherwise  appointed.  And  said  controller 
shall  be  chargeable  by  the  city  w^ith  all  moneys  unlawfully  paid  to 
persons  appointed  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  said  section  119. 

Sec.  121.  Any  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  forego- 
ing sections  relating  to  civil  service  and  appointments  thereunder 
shall  be  a  misdemeanor,  and  any  official  found  guilty  of  such 
offense  may  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  122.  The  civil  service  board  as  at  present  organized  shall 
continue  until  January,  1902.  when,  and  biennially  thereafter,  said 
board  shall  elect  from  its  members  a  president.  It  shall  also 
choose  a  secretarv,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  attend  all  meetings  of 
the  board,  keep  correct  records  of  the  same,  prepare  and  keep  on 
file  in  the  office  of  the  controller  lists  of  those  eligible  for  the  sev- 
eral departments  and  clerical  positions,  send  out  official  notices, 
and  perform  such  other  official  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him 
by  the  said  board.  He  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  board  may 
fix,  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.  Said  president 
and  secretary  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  two  years  from 
the  date  of  their  election  and  until  their  successors  are  duly  elected 
and  qualified. — As  amended  by  act  approved  ]\Iarch  21.  1901. 

Sec.  123.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  said  board  to 
certify  to  the  controller  all  lists  of  those  eligible  for  appointment, 
giving  names,  ages,  street  addresses,  nationality,  examination 
grades,  and  to  what  positions  each  one  is  eligible.  Such  certifica- 
tions shall  be  made  within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  lists  shall 
have  been  made  out  bv  the  board.     Said  secretary  shall  also  place 


a  duplicate  copy  of  each  of  such  ehgible  lists,  within  twenty-four 
hours  after  it  shall  have  been  made  out  by  the  board,  in  a  position 
in  the  office  of  said  controller  easily  accessible  to  the  public,  and 
shall  keep  each  of  such  lists  on  file  at  least  six  months  from  and 
after  the  date  of  its  origin. 

Sec.  124.  Public  notice  shall  be  s^iven  of  all  competitive  exam- 
inations required  under  the  several  foregoing  sections  by  one  adver- 
tisement inserted  in  each  of  the  daily  newspapers  issued  in  the  city 
of  New  Haven,  which  advertisement  in  each  of  said  papers  shall 
be  not  less  than  five  days  prior  to  the  date  set  for  each  of  such 
examinations  so  advertised. 

Court  of  Common  Council. 

Sec.  125.  There  shall  be  a  court  of  common  council  in  said 
city,  consisting  of  a  board  of  aldermen,  which  shall  include  all  of 
the  aldermen,  and  a  board  of  councilmen,  which  shall  include  all 
of  the  councilmen,  which  boards  shall  meet  separately,  and  said 
court  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  mayor,  or  over  his  veto,  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  exercise  all  of  the  powers  conferred  upon 
said  city,  except  as  otherwise  provided. 

Sec.  126.  At  the  beginning  of  each  municipal  year,  each  of 
said  boards  of  the  court  of  common  council  shall  elect,  from  among 
its  own  members,  a  president,  who  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  of 
his  board.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  removal,  absence,  or 
disability  of  its  president,  either  board  may  elect  a  president  pro 
tempore. 

Sec.  127.  Regular  meetings  of  said  boards  shall  be  held  at  such 
times  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  city  ordinances ;  and  said  boards  may 
be  especially  convened  at  any  time  by  the  mayor,  and,  upon  a 
petition  of  the  majority  of  either  of  said  boards,  in  writing,  filed 
with  the  city  clerk,  a  meeting  of  such  board  shall  be  called.  Said 
board  may  determine  the  rules  of  its  proceedings,  in  conformity 
with  the  general  principles  of  parliamentary  law,  punish  its  mem- 
bers for  disorderly  behavior,  and,  by  a  vote  of  three-fourths  of  its 
members,  expel  a  member  for  due  cause.  A  majority  of  all  of  the 
members  of  each  of  said  boards  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business,  and  the  vote  upon  any  question  shall  be 
taken  by  yeas  and  nays  at  the  request  of  one-fifth  of  the  members 
present. 


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Sec.  128.  Whenever  any  meeting  of  either  of  said  boards  shall 
have  been  regularly  called  and  no  quorum  shall  be  present,  those 
members  present  may,  by  vote,  request  the  mayor  of  said  city  or 
the  presiding  officer  of  said  board  to  issue,  and,  upon  such  request, 
the  said  mayor  or  presiding  ofificer  shall  issue  a  warrant  signed  by 
him,  directed  to  the  city  sheriff  of  said  city,  or  to  the  sheriff  of 
New  Haven  county,  or  some  one  of  his  deputies,  to  arrest  and 
bring  into  such  meeting  such  members  of  said  board  as  will, 
together  with  those  present,  constitute  a  quorum ;  and,  at  any 
meeting  of  said  board,  those  members  shall  have  the  power  to 
make  any  orders  to  compel  the  attendance  >of  other  members,  and 
any  one  of  the  officers  above  mentioned  shall  obey  such  orders, 
upon  request,  and  summon  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  to 
carry  such  orders  into  effect.  Each  of  said  boards  may  also 
appoint  a  page,  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  fifty  dollars  per  annum, 
who  shall  attend  all  the  meetings  of  said  board,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  said  board. 

Sec.  129.  No  by-law  or  ordinance  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage 
in  the  board  of  aldermen  until  it  shall  have  been  printed  for  ex- 
amination, and  no  by-law  or  ordinance  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage 
until  it  shall  have  been  referred  to  and  reported  by  a  suitable 
committee  after  a  public  hearing.  No  other  vote,  resolution,  or 
measure,  except  reports  from  the  director  of  public  works  con- 
cerning assessments,  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage,  except  by  unani- 
mous consent,  until  it  shall  have  been  referred  to  and  reported  by  a 
suitable  committee  after  a  public  hearing,  nor  until,  after  the  report 
of  such  committee,  it  has  been  twice  read  to  said  board.  But  the 
second  reading  of  such  vote,  resolution  or  measure  shall  not  take 
place  until  at  least  one  week  has  elapsed  from  the  time  of  the  first 
reading,  unless  the  mayor  shall  send  to  said  board  a  special  message 
reciting  that  the  particular  vote,  resolution,  or  measure  is  of  an 
emergency  nature  and  that  immediate  action  is  necessary,  in  which 
event  such  second  reading  may  take  place  upon  the  same  day  of 
the  original  reading,  and  the  printing  of  the  same  be  dispensed  with. 
Every  such  vote,  resolution,  or  measure  shall,  after  the  same  has 
been  reported  by  an  appropriate  committee,  be  printed  for  ex- 
amination at  the  request  of  one-fifth  of  the  members  present,  except 
in  the  instance  of  an  emergency  message  from  the  mayor.  No 
ordinance  shall  be  of  force  or  effect  until  it  shall  have  been  pub- 
lished at  least  three  times  in  all  of  the  daily  papers   published  in 


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said  city,  nor  until  one  week  after  its  enactment. — As  amended 
by  act  approved  June  14,  1903. 

Sec.  130.  All  elections  to  any  office  or  position  within  the  gift 
of  said  court  or  either  of  said  boards  shall  be  made  by  viva  voce 
vote,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 

Sec.  131.  The  presiding  officers  of  the  board  of  aldermen, 
board  of  coimcilmen.  of  the  several  committees  of  said  boards,  and 
of  the  several  boards  of  commissioners,  and  the  director  of  public 
works,  shall  respectively  have  power  to  compel  the  attendance  and 
testimony  of  witnesses  before  their  respective  boards,  committees, 
and  departments  over  which  they  preside,  by  the  issue  of  subpoenas 
and  the  administration  of  oaths  in  the  manner  and  according  to  the 
rules  governing  the  same  in  courts  of  justice;  and  when  it  shall  be 
necessary  to  secure  the  attendance  or  testimony  of  witnesses  before 
said  boards,  committees,  departments,  or  director  of  public  works, 
such  presiding  officers  and  such  director  of  public  works  shall  have 
the  right  to  apply  to  the  court  of  common  pleas,  or  to  the  superior 
court,  for  an  order  compelling  any  witness  so  summoned  before 
them  to  testify ;  which  courts  shall  have  the  power  to  issue  sub- 
poenas and  to  enforce  the  presence  and  testimony  of  all  witnesses 
summoned,  in  the  same  way  and  to  the  same  extent  as  they  now 
have  power  to  enforce  and  compel  the  presence  and  testimony  of 
witnesses  in  each  of  said  courts. 

Sec.  132.  The  city  of  New  Haven  shall  be  a  highway  district, 
and  the  court  of  common  council  shall  have  sole  and  exclusive 
authority  and  control  over  all  streets  and  highw'ays,  now  or  here- 
after existing  within,  the  limits  of  said  city,  and  shall  have  sole  and 
exclusive  power  to  lay  out,  make,  or  order  new  highways  and 
streets  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  and  to  alter,  repair,  and  dis- 
continue all  highways  and  streets  now  or  hereafter  existing  within 
the  limits  of  said  city.  No  person  shall  open,  within  the  limits  of 
said  city,  any  public  or  private  way,  except  under  and  by  virtue  of 
an  order  of  said  court  of  common  council.  Said  court  of  common 
council  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  order,  lay  out,  con- 
struct, repair,  and  alter  public  squares,  parks,  streets,  highways, 
sewers,  gutters,  drains,  bridges,  and  walks,  except  as  herein  other- 
wise provided,  whenever  and  wdierever,  in  the  opinion  of  said  court 
of  comfnon  council,  the  public  good  shall  so  require,  and  to  order 
the  paving,  macadamizing,  or  other  improvement  of  any  street, 
alley,  or  highway  within  said  city.     Said  court  of  common  council 


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is  also  authorized  and  empowered  to  construct  and  maintain 
wharves  and  docks ;  provided,  that  no  wharf  or  dock  shall  be 
extended  beyond  the  harbor  line ;  and  if,  in  the  construction  of 
any  such  wharf  or  dock,  it  is  necessary  to  take  any  of  the  rights  or 
property  of  individuals,  and  it  cannot  ag^ree  with  said  individuals 
upon  the  price  to  be  paid  for  the  same,  they  may  exercise  all  the 
powers  of  eminent  domain.  The  department  of  public  works  shall 
execute,  and  is  hereby  empowered  to  execute,  all  orders  of  the 
court  of  common  council  with  reference  to  the  matters  contained 
in  this  section.  The  court  of  common  council  may,  upon  the 
execution  of  any  order  for  the  paving,  macadamizing",  or  other 
improvement  of  any  street  or  highway  within  said  city,  or  upon 
the  construction  or  alteration  of  any  public  sewer  or  other  public 
work,  assess  upon  the  persons  whose  property  is  in  the  judgment  of 
said  court  especially  benefited  thereby,  after  reference  to  the  board 
of  compensation,  and  report  thereon,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  a 
proportional  and  reasonable  part  thereof,  and  shall  estimate  the 
particular  amount  of  such  expense  to  be  paid  by  every  such  person 
upon  such  assessment.  In  estimating  such  reasonable  part  of  the 
expense  of  any  sewer,  the  cost  of  constructing  any  main  or  trunk 
sewer,  into  and  through  which  such  other  sewer  is  discharged,  may 
be  taken  into  consideration. 

Sec.  133.  The  court  of  common  council  of  said  city  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  take,  occupy,  and  appropriate,  for 
the  purpose  of  drainage  and  sewerage  of  said  city,  at  such  times 
and  in  such  manner  as  the  health  and  convenience  of  said  city  may, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  court,  require,  any  and  all  water-courses, 
natural  and  artificial,  or  any  portion  thereof,  within  said  city, 
except  West  river,  which  may  be  used  solely  for  the  purpose  of 
receiving  storm  overflow  from  the  Boulevard  sewer ;  to  deepen, 
clear  out,  alter,  or  straighten  the  same,  or  any  portion  thereof, 
for  the  purposes  aforesaid ;  to  establish  the  bounds  thereof  within 
which  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  place  any  building, 
part  of  a  building,  wall,  dam,  or  obstruction,  without  a  special 
license  from  said  court  of  common  council  first  had  and  obtained ; 
to  remove  all  buildings,  parts  of  buildings,  walls,  dams,  earth, 
stones,  rubbish,  and  obstructions  of  every  kind  that  may  be  situated 
within  the  bounds  of  said  water-courses,  to  be  designated  as  afore- 
said ;  to  construct  sewers  or  other  artificial  channels  for  the  flow  of 
said  water,  and  to  remove  all  obstructions  to  the  passage  of  water 


in  the  said  water-courses,  sewers,  or  channels;  also  to  raise,  fill  up, 
and  drain  low  grounds. 

Sec.  134.  Said  court  of  common  council  shall  have  supervision 
over  all  hridges  crossing-  railroads  in  said  city,  and  may,  from  lime 
to  time,  order  the  building,  widening,  or  repairing  of  such  bridges 
in  such  manner  and  within  such  times  as  in  its  judgment  public 
convenience  may  require ;  and  in  case  any  railroad  company,  whose 
road  is  crossed  by  such  bridge,  shall  neglect  to  obey  such  order,  said 
court  of  common  council  may  cause  the  required  building,  widen- 
ing, or  repairing  to  be  executed  at  the  expense  of  said  city,  and  the 
treasurer  of  said  city  may  then  collect  the  amount  of  such  expense 
from  such  delinquent  company.  Any  order  of  said  common  coun- 
cil made  hereunder  shall  be  subject  to  appeal  to  the  superior  court  by 
any  railroad  company  affected  thereby,  by  notice  to  said  city  of 
such  appeal,  given  within  thirty  days  from  the  service  of  such 
order  upon  such  railroad  company. 

Sec.  135.  Said  court  of  common  council  may  take  by  the  right 
of  eminent  domain,  in  the  name  of  the  city,  any  property  or  prop- 
erty rights  which  may  be  needed  for  the  purpose  of  laying  out, 
extending,  or  widening  any  street,  or  park,  or  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  or  protecting  any  sewer,  drain,  or  other  property,  or 
for  the  purpose  of  any  public  building,  or  for  the  successful  prose- 
cution and  management  of  the  almshouse  and  the  property  con- 
nected therewith,  upon  payment  of  just  compensation  under  the 
rules  governing  the  right  of  eminent  domain. 

Sec.  136.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  provide  for  the 
watering  and  sprinkling  of  all  streets  and  highways  within  the 
original  twelve  wards  of  said  city,  and  shall  provide  in  like  manner 
for  the  watering  and  sprinkling  of  the  streets  and  highways  for  the 
remaining  portion  of  said  city  whenever  the  same  shall  come  under 
the  full  jurisdiction  of  said  city  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  the  charter  of  said  city.  Within  the  distance  along  any  street  or 
highv/ay  to  be  watered  under  the  authority  of  this  section,  so  much 
of  said  street  or  highway  from  side  to  side,  shall  be  watered  as  shall 
be  ordered  by  said  director  of  public  works.  The  actual  cost  of 
watering  the  whole  or  any  part  of  any  street  or  highway  under  this 
section  shall  be  paid,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  by  said  city. 
Every  street  railway  company  operating  a  street  railway  upon  any 
part  of  a  street  or  highway  shall  itself  sprinkle  with  water  so  much 
of  the  width  of  said  part  of  said  street  or  highway  as  is  included 


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within  its  tracks  and  a  space  of  two  feet  on  the  outer  side  of  the 
outer  rails  thereof,  such  sprinkling  to  be  done  at  such  times  and  in  a 
manner  satisfactory  to  the  director  of  pubHc  works.  Said  city  shall 
furnish  the  water  used  by  such  company  for  sprinkling-,  free  of 
expense  to  such  company.  And  said  director  of  public  works  shall 
have  power  to  contract  with  any  street  railway  company,  or  with 
any  person  or  persons,  for  the  sprinkling  with  water  of  the  streets 
and  highways  to  be  watered  under  this  act;  and  said  director  of 
public  works  shall  have  the  power  to  obtain  and  furnish,  to  such 
street  railway  company,  or  other  person  with  whom  it  has  contracted, 
under  this  section,  water  to  be  used  in  sprinkling  the  streets  or 
highways  in  said  city.  Should  any  street  railway  company  fail  to 
sprinkle  the  streets  or  highways  over  which  its  lines  are  operated, 
as  provided  in  this  section,  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the  director 
of  public  works,  said  director  of  public  works  shall  provide  for  the 
sprinkling  of  such  streets  or  highways  for  the  remainder  of  the 
season,  and  the  court  of  common  council  shall  assess  against  the 
property  of  such  railway  company  the  actual  cost  of  watering  such 
parts  of  the  streets  or  highways  as  have  been  neglected  by  such 
street  railway  company.  The  assessment  upon  the  property  of  such 
railway  company  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided  for  assess- 
ing benefits  occasioned  by  public  works  in  said  city,  and  shall  be 
collected  in  the  same  manner  that  city  taxes  are  collected. 

Such  assessments  shall  be  and  remain  a  lien  upon  the  land  or 
other  property  assessed  by  said  court  of  common  council  as  afore- 
said ;  proznded,  that  such  lien  shall  not  remain  for  a  longer  period 
than  sixty  days  after  such  actual  expense  has  been  ascertained,  and 
the  owner  of  such  property  notified,  unless  the  tax  collector  shall 
file  with  the  town  clerk  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  a  certificate 
signed  by  him  describing  the  property  on  which  the  lien  exists  and 
the  amount  claimed  as  a  lien  thereon ;  and  the  city  of  New  Haven 
may  collect  the  amount  assessed  against  any  street  railway  com- 
pany in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  by  suit  at  law  in 
any  proper  court.  The  assessments  for  street  sprinkling,  for 
sewers,  and  for  street  pavements,  under  the  act  on  page  565  of  the 
special  acts  of  1895,  and  the  amendments  thereto,  need  not  be 
advertised  in  any  newspaper,  but  all  such  assessments  shall  be  valid 
and  of  full  force  whenever  the  city  clerk  of  said  city  shall  have 
deposited  in  the  post-ofifice  a  letter  or  postal  card  addressed  to  the 
owner  of  the  abutting  property  and  to  the  street  railroad  company, 


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against  which  any  assessment  may  have  been  laid,  nolifxing  such 
owner  or  railroad  company  of  the  amount  of  any  such  assessment. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  June  17.  1^01. 

Sec.  137.  The  court  of  common  council  shall  have  power  by 
majority  vote  of  all  the  members  of  each  branch  thereof,  present  or 
absent,  with  the  written  approval  of  the  mayor,  or  over  his  veto,  as 
herein  provided,  to  make,  alter,  and  repeal  orders  or  resolutions 
not  inconsistent  with  law  or  with  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  to 
enact,  alter,  or  repeal  ordinances  to  be  called  the  Ordinances  of  the 
City  of  New  Haven ;  and  to  prescribe  penalties  not  exceeding  a 
fine  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  any  violation  of  the  same,  and  the 
mode  of  enforcing  such  penalties ;  which  orders,  resolutions,  or 
ordinances  may  be  for  any  of  the  following  purposes,  to  wit : 

(a)  To  manage,  regulate,  and  control  all  city  property;  to 
authorize  the  purchase  or  sale  of  property  in  the  name  of  the  city : 
and  to  provide  for  the  form  and  manner  of  making  contracts ;  to 
regulate  the  collection  and  enforcement  of  taxes  and  liens  and  the 
borrowing  of  money  by  the  city  for  any  purposes  for  which  said 
court  is  authorized  to  lay  taxes:  and  to  provide  for  the  adjustment 
of  claims  against  said  city,  and  for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

(b)  To  preserve  the  public  peace  and  order;  to  prevent  and 
quell  disorderly  assemblages ;  to  punish  the  resistance,  hindrance, 
or  obstruction  of  public  officers  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty ;  to 
prevent  vice ;  to  suppress  gambling  houses,  houses  of  ill-fame,  and 
disorderly  houses. 

(c)  To  protect  said  city  from  fire  and  unsafe  buildings,  and  to 
regulate  the  construction  and  materials  of  buildings,  and  the  use  of 
property  so  as  to  prevent  the  starting  and  spread  of  fire ;  to  regu- 
late the  cleansing  of  chimneys ;  to  establish  and  designate  districts 
of  said  city  as  fire  districts  within  which  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to 
erect,  enlarge,  or  elevate,  or  within  which  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to 
remove  any  wooden  buildings  except  by  license  issued  in  such 
manner  as  said  court  of  common  council  may  provide ;  to  prohibit 
the  erection  or  use  and  require  the  destruction  or  repair  of  unsafe 
bviildings ;  to  regulate  and  provide  for  the  safe  and  convenient 
egress  in  the  case  of  fire  or  other  accident  from  theaters  or  other 
buildings  designed  in  whole  or  part  for  public  use ;  and  to  prohibit 
manufacturing,  keeping,  and  sale  of  firearms,  explosives,  and 
inflammable  materials,  or  the  conveyance  thereof  through  the 
streets  of  said  citv  ;  to  regulate  the  erection  and  use  of  stationary 


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and portable  steam  boilers,  and  to  license  competent  persons  to 
manage  the  same;  to  make,  maintain,  and  regulate  public  hydrants, 
and  to  provide  the  same  with  water ;  to  protect  the  same  from 
injury,  and  to  prevent  an  unnecessary  waste  of  water;  to  protect 
from  injury  fire  alarm  telegraphs  in  said  city;  to  regulate  the  use 
and  construction  of  electrical  plants  and  wires  on  which  electricity 
is  conducted  within  said  city ;  and  to  protect  public  gas  and  other 
public  lamps  therein. 

(d)  To  establish  building  lines  in  the  streets  and  ways  of  said 
city  beyond  which  it  shall  not  be  legal  to  erect  buildings  or  other 
structures ;  to  provide  for  the  laying  out,  grading,  discontinuing, 
altering,  paving,  opening,  improving,  lighting,  and  making  and 
repairing  highways,  streets,  walks,  squares,  parks,  public  buildings, 
drains,  sewers,  gutters,  and  for  the  numbering  of  streets,  and  for 
the  draining  and  raising  of  low  lands. 

(e)  To  provide  for  the  compensation  of  the  owners  of  such 
property  as  may  be  taken  by  the  city  for  public  uses ;  and  to  pro- 
vide for  the  foreclosure  of  all  liens  legally  laid  and  filed. 

(f)  To  make,  repair,  purify,  light,  and  keep  open  and  safe  for 
public  use  and  travel,  and  free  from  encroachments  or  obstructions 
all  streets  and  public  highways,  grounds,  and  parks,  or  any  part 
thereof ;  to  require  sidewalks  to  be  kept  free  from  ice  and  snow ; 
to  regulate  all  shows,  processions,  assemlDlages,  or  parades  in  the 
streets  and  public  places. 

(g)  To  regulate  the  speed  of  animals,  bicycles,  street  cars,  and 
all  other  vehicles ;  and  to  regulate  the  cleaning  of  their  tracks  by 
street  railway  companies. 

(h)  To  regulate  or  prohibit  the  running  at  large  of  animals  in 
the  streets  or  public  places,  and  to  provide  for  impounding  the 
same. 

(i)  To  license  and  regulate  public  hacks,  carriages,  carts,  sleighs, 
trucks,  or  other  public  conveyances,  and  the  charges  for  the  use 
thereof ;  to  regulate  and  prohibit  the  excavation  and  opening  of 
streets,  highways,  and  public  grounds  for  public  and  private  pur- 
poses, and  the  regulation  of  any  work  or  thing  therein,  whether 
temporary  or  permanent,  upon  or  over  the  surface  thereof,  and  the 
removal  of  buildings  through  the  same ;  to  regulate  the  laying  of 
gas  pipes,  water  pipes,  and  drains  for  public  or  private  purposes  in 
the  streets  of  said  city ;  to  prevent  any  and  all  persons  in  said  city 


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from  loitering-  on  the  streets  or  any  part  thereof,  in  or  about 
entrances  to  public  or  private  buildings. 

(j)     To  license  and  regulate  bill  posting  and  similar  occupations. 

(k)  To  prevent  the  committing  of  trespasses  and  nuisances  in 
gardens,   enclosures,   cemeteries,   and   public   places. 

(1)  To  provide  for  the  health  of  the  city  and  to  prevent  and 
summarily  abate  nuisances  of  any  kind ;  to  establish  quarantine 
regulations ;  to  regulate  the  burial  and   disinterment  of  the  dead. 

(m)     To  regulate  the  planting,  protection,  and  removal  of  trees. 

(n)  To  prevent  nuisances  and  summarily  abate  the  same  at  the 
expense  of  the  person  maintaining  them ;  to  prevent  the  erection 
or  use  of  any  building  within  said  city  for  the  purpose  of  carrying 
on  therein  any  trade,  manufacture,  or  business,  which  in  the  judg- 
ment of  said  court  of  common  council  shall  be  prejudicial  to  the 
public  health  or  considered  an  unnecessary  annoyance  to  those 
living  or  owning  property  in  the  vicinity. 

(o)  To  provide  for  the  inspection  of  food  of  all  kinds  ofifered 
for  sale,  and  to  regulate  the  sale  thereof. 

(p)  To  regulate  trade,  markets,  and  commerce,  and  weights  and 
measures  in  conformity  with  the  lawful  standards  thereof;  to  pro- 
hibit, license,  or  regulate  dealing  in  fruit,  and  the  peddling  of 
merchandise  in  the  streets  of  said  city ;  to  license  or  regulate  all 
sports,  exhibitions,  public  amusements,  and  performances,  and 
billiard  and  bowling  saloons  in  said  city. 

(q)  To  authorize  a  census  of  the  city;  and  to  receive  such 
gifts,  donations,  and  bequests  for  public  purposes  and  public  trusts 
as  may  be  accepted  pursuant  to  the  terms  in  section  162,  and  to 
agree  to  the  conditions  and  terms  accompanying  the  same. 

(r)  To  regulate  the  direction  and  construction  of  street  railroads 
pursuant  to  the  general  laws  of  the  state ;  to  prescribe  the  duties 
of  all  officers  and  employes  of  every  sort  not  expressly  defined  by 
the  provisions  of  this  act. 

(s)  To  require  bonds  from  all  persons  undertaking  work  of 
dangerous  character,  to  protect  the  city  from  any  loss  by  reason  of 
their  acts  or  defaults. 

(t)  To  provide  for  the  sprinkling  of  streets  or  parts  thereof,  by 
the  city,  or  for  the  assessment  of  the  cost  thereof  against  the  street 
railroad   company   or   companies   occupying   the   street. 

(u)  To  require  owners  of  property  to  bring  connections  with 
gas,  water,  sewer,  and  other  pipes  inside  of  their  curb  lines  before 


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permanent  improvements  in  the  street  are  made,  and  to  provide 
for  the  restoration  of  the  surface  of  the  street  to  its  former  con- 
dition. 

(v)  To  Hcense,  tax,  and  regulate  branch  stores  and  other  con- 
cerns estabHshed  for  temporary  purposes  only. 

(w)  To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants  and  beggars;  and  to  pre- 
vent cruehy  to  animals. 

(x)  To  provide  for  the  manner  of  warning  the  city  elections 
and  meetings  of  the  court  of  common  council  and  times  of  hold- 
ing the  same ;  to  provide  for  the  filling  of  vacancies  which  may 
occur  in  any  office,  except  as  otherwise  provided ;  to  provide  for 
the  appointment  or  election  of  such  employes  as  are  not  otherwise 
provided  for  and  as  may  be  required  for  the  proper  transaction  of 
the  business  of  the  city,  and  to  prescribe  their  duties  and  compen- 
sation ;  to  provide  for  the  removal  or  expulsion  of  any  city  officer 
on  account  of  corruption,  misfeasance,  or  malfeasance  in  office,  in 
addition  to  the  methods  herein  provided ;  to  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  special  constables. 

(y)  To  regulate  the  conduct  of  elections,  subject  to  the  provi- 
sions of  the  general  election  laws  of  the  state,  pursuant  to  which 
all  city  elections  shall  be  held. 

(z)  To  do  all  things  necessary  to  make  effectual  the  powers 
herein  and  by  law  conferred  upon  such  city,  except  as  herein  other- 
wise provided. 

Sec.  138.  Said  court  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  manner  of 
enforcing  the  penalties  for  violation  of  ordinances  enumerated  in 
the  foregoing  sections,  and  the  rules  of  the  department  of  public 
health,  and  the  rules  of  the  department  of  parks  by  a  civil  action 
or  forthwith  process  as  in  criminal  cases. 


Removal  of  Officers. 

Sec.  139.  Municipal  officers  shall  be  liable  to  removal  from 
office  for  any  corrupt  act  or  practice,  malfeasance,  mismanagement, 
mental  incapacity,  or  incompetency  for  the  proper  performance  of 
official  duties,  willful  abuse  of  power,  gross  neglect  of  duty,  extor- 
tion, receiving  any  gift  or  present  from  any  contractor,  or  from 
any  person  seeking  or  engaging  in  any  work  for  or  furnishing 
material  to  the  city,  or  from  any  incumbent  or  occupant  of  or  can- 


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(lidatc  or  ai)])Iicant  tor  any  iminicipal  office,  for  willfull}-  conceal- 
ing' any  fraud  committed  against  the  city,  for  directly  or  indirectly 
furnishing  material  or  performing  work  other  than  his  official 
duties  for  the  city,  for  giving  bond  for  any  person  holding  a  license 
for  the  sale  of  liquor  within  said  city,  or  for  any  person  having  a 
contract  with  said  city,  or  for  the  willful  violation  of  any  require- 
ment of  the  charter  or  ordinances. 

Sec.  140.  Complaint  in  writing-  may  be  made  to  the  superior 
court  for  New  Haven  county,  by  not  less  than  twenty  freeholders 
of  said  city,  each  of  whom  shall  write  his  occupation  and  address 
opposite  his  signature,  charging  any  municipal  officer  with  any 
ofTense,  setting  forth  facts  on  which  said  charge  is  founded,  sup- 
ported by  the  oaths  of  at  least  five  of  the  complainants,  according 
to  the  best  of  their  knowledge,  information,  and  belief.  If,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  court,  there  appears  to  be  reasonable  ground  for 
such  proceeding,  the  court  shall  direct  the  complaint  to  be  filed  of 
record,  and  make  an  order  upon  the  accused  returnable  on  a  day 
certain  and  within  ten  days  from  the  date  thereof,  to  appear  and 
answer  said  complaint,  which  order,  with  copy  of  said  complaint, 
shall  be  forthwith  served  upon  the  accused,  or  left  at  his  last  known 
place  of  residence.  If,  on  the  return  day  of  the  order,  the  court 
shall  find  sufficient  cause  for  further  proceedings,  it  shall  fix  a  time 
within  sixty  days  for  a  full  hearing  of  said  complaint. 

Sec.  141.  Said  court  shall  then  cause  notice  to  be  forthwith 
given  to  the  state's  attorney  for  New  Haven  county  that  said  com- 
plaint is  pending ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  state's  attorney 
to  conduct  the  prosecution  of  said  complaint,  and  said  court  shall 
make  him  a  reasonable  allowance  for  his  services  and  expenses, 
which  shall  be  paid  by  said  city.  The  state's  attorney  may  make 
such  amendments  to  said  complaint  as  he  may  deem  best,  provided 
that  a  copy  of  such  amendments  shall  be  served  upon  the  accused, 
or  left  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence,  at  least  twenty  days 
before  the  time  lixed  for  said  hearing.  Said  court  shall  proceed 
with  said  hearing  to  final  judgment  with  as  little  delay  as  possible. 
If  the  court  shall  find  any  charge  in  said  complaint  proven,  and  if 
it  shall  deem  the  ofTense  sufficient,  it  shall  enter  judgment  remov- 
ing the  accused  from  office,  and  the  person  so  removed  shall  not  be 
eligible  to  any  office  under  said  city  government  for  a  term  of  five 
years  from  the  date  of  his  removal.  At  any  time  after  the  charges 
are  first  brought  to  the  attention   of  the   court,  it  may,  if  in   the 


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judgment  of  the  court  sufficient  reason  exists  for  so  doing,  suspend 
the  accused  from  office  until  it  makes  further  order  in  the  premises. 

Sec.  142.  One  or  more  of  the  persons  bringing  such  complaint 
shall  give  bond  with  surety  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  clerk  of  the 
superior  court,  in  the  amount  of  five  hundred  dollars,  conditioned 
for  the  payment  of  such  costs  and  charges  as  may  be  required  of 
the  complainants  by  the  order  of  the  court.  If.  ^after  final  hear- 
ing, the  court  shall  be  satisfied  that  no  sufficient  reason  existed 
for  the  bringing  of  said  complaint,  it  may  require  of  the  complain- 
ant the  payment  of  such  sum  as  it  may  deem  best,  not  exceeding 
five  hundred  dollars,  which  amount  may  be  paid  to  the  accused  as 
an  allowance  for  the  expenses  of  his  defense,  or  to  said  city  for  its 
expenses,  or  the  sum  allowed  may  be  divided  between  the  accused 
and  said  city,  as  the  court  may  in  its  discretion  order. 

Sec.  143.  Nothing  contained  in  the  last  four  sections  shall  be 
construed  to  limit  or  change  any  of  the  powers  or  duties  concern- 
ing the  removal  or  suspension  from  office  of  officers  or  employes  of 
said  city,  as  defined  in  other  provisions  of  this  act,  nor  shall  any- 
thing in  said  section  prevent  any  city  official  from  being  prosecuted 
for  the  violation  of  any  criminal  law  of  this  state  or  of  any  ordi- 
nance of  said  city. 

Sec.  144.  No  witness  shall  be  excused  from  testifying  in  any 
criminal  proceeding,  or  in  any  investigation  or  inquiry  authorized 
by  this  act,  touching  his  knowledge  of  any  offense  committed 
against  the  provisions  of  this  act.  But  such  testimony  shall  not  be 
used  against  him  in  any  criminal  prosecution  whatever,  and  the  ac- 
cused shall  not  be  convicted  of  any  offense  specified  by  this  act,  in 
any  court,  on  the  testimony  of  an  accomplice,  unless  the  same  be 
corroborated  by  other  evidence  or  by  the  circumstances  of  the  case. 


IMlSCELLANEOUS    PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  145.  All  officers  of  said  city,  unless  prevented  by  death, 
inability,  or  suspension,  or  removal,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices 
until  their  successors  shall  be  chosen  and  shall  have  duly  qualified. 

Sec.  146.  Every  officer  of  said  city  chosen  by  the  electors  or 
appointed  by  the  mayor  or  by  the  court  of  common  council  shall  be 
a  resident  elector  of  said  city.     Nothing  herein  contained  shall  pre- 


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vent  the  appointment  of  a  woman  to  the  board  of  education,  nor 
shall  this  section  apply  to  clerical  assistance. 

Sec.  147.  No  person  shall  be  chosen  by  the  electors  of  said  city 
to  fill  any  office  of  the  city  or  town  who  is  not  nominated  for  said 
office  at  least  ten  days  before  the  day  of  the  election  at  which  he 
is  to  be  voted  for;  provided,  hozvcvcr,  that,  if  any  person  who  shall 
have  been  nominated  for  any  such  office  shall  die  or  refuse  to  ac- 
cept the  nomination  before  the  election  at  which  he  was  to  have 
been  voted  for,  a  new  nomination  may  be  made  at  any  time  before 
such  election.  The  only  legal  evidence  of  any  nomination  shall 
be  the  written  statement,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  thereof,  filed  with 
the  city  clerk,  signed  by  the  authorized  representatives  of  the  party 
or  persons  by  whom  such  nomination  is  made.  No  person  elected 
to  any  office  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  legally  entitled  thereto. 

Sec.  148.  On  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  October  in  each  year, 
each  department,  and  every  executive  officer,  not  connected  with 
any  department,  shall  submit  to  the  board  of  finance  an  estimate  of 
the  expenses  of  such  department  or  office  for  the  ensuing  year,  be- 
ginning on  the  first  day  of  January  next  following,  stating  in 
detail,  so  far  as  possible,  the  purposes  for  which  such  expenses  will 
be  incurred. 

Sec.  149.  Whenever  any  office  of  said  city,  filled  by  appoint- 
ment, shall  become  vacant  by  reason  of  the  death,  resignation, 
inability,  disability,  or  removal  of  the  person  appointed  to  fill  the 
same,  said  vacancy  may  be  filled  by  the  authority  which  made  the 
former  appointment.  If  said  last  incumbent  was  appointed  for  a 
definite  term,  his  successor '  shall  be  appointed  for  the  unexpired 
portion  of  said  term. 

Sec.  150.  All  taxes  laid  by  said  city  or  town  or  the  New  Haven 
city  school  district,  on  the  grand  list  of  1905,  shall  become  due  and 
payable  on  the  first  day  of  April,  1906,  and  all  taxes  thereafter  laid 
by  said  city  or  town,  or.  by  the  New  Haven  city  school  district,  shall 
become  due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of  April  next  after  they 
are  laid ;  and  if  any  of  said  taxes  now  or  thereafter  laid  remain  un- 
paid on  the  first  day  of  August  next  after  they  become  due,  interest 
shall  be  collected  thereon  from  the  date  when  they  became  due  until 
they  are  paid,  at  the  rate  of  nine  per  centum  per  annum.  As 
amended  by  act  approved  June  21,  1905. 


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Sec.  151.  All  liens  which  are  now  recorded  against  property  in 
said  city  shall  bear  interest  from  the  date  when  this  act  takes  effect 
at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum,  and  all  liens  which  shall 
hereafter  be  placed  upon  property  shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of 
six  per  centum  per  annum  from  the  date  when  the  certificate  of  lien 
is  filed  with  the  town  clerk. 

Sec.  152.  Every  officer  of  said  city  shall,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  his  ofifice,  make  oath  in  the  following  form,  namely: 
I  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  faithfully  and  impartially 

perform  the  duties  of  the  office  of   to  the  best  of  my  ability 

and  according  to  law,  and  that  I  will  at  all  times  strive  to  use  the 
power  entrusted  to  me  as  such  officer  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
city. 

Sec.  153.  Xo  officer  or  employe  of  said  city  shall  directly  or 
indirectly  furnish  any  material  to  said  city,  or  be  directly  or  indi- 
rectly employed  to  do  any  work  (except  his  official  duty)  for  said 
city.  All  officers  of  said  city  shall  serve  without  pay,  except  as 
otherwise  expressly  provided. 

Sec.  154.  No  public  improvement  of  any  kind  shall  be  ordered 
by  the  court  of  common  council,  or  other  authority  having  power 
to  authorize  the  same,  until  an  appropriation  for  said  improvement 
has  been  duly  made. 

Sec.  155.  The  bonds  of  all  city  officers  shall  be  taken  to  the  city 
of  New  Haven,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the 
duties  of  the  office  according  to  law."  The  form  of  each  bond  shall 
be  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  board  of  finance,  and  no  person  or  cor- 
poration shall  be  accepted  by  said  board  of  finance  as  surety  on  such 
bond  except  some  corporation  authorized  by  the  law  of  this  state 
to  give  bonds  and  become  surety  for  bonds  of  municipal  and  other 
officials.  The  expense  of  all  bonds  required  by  this  act  shall  be 
paid  by  the  city. 

Sec,  156.  All  contracts  to  be  made  or  let  for  work  to  be  done 
or  for  supplies  to  be  furnished  to  said  city,  except  for  the  furnish- 
ing of  light,  water,  or  telephone  service,  and  except  as  in  this  act 
otherwise  provided,  and  all  sales  of  personal  property  in  the  custody 
of  the  several  departments,  boards,  or  officers  of  said  city  shall  be 
made  by  the  departments,  boards,  or  by  the  officers  having  the  sub- 
ject matter  in  charge.  Whenever  any  work  is  necessary  to  be  done 
to  execute  or  perfect  a  particular  undertaking,  or  any  supply  is 
needful  for  any  particular  purpose,   and  the  several  parts  of  said 


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work  or  supply  sliall  tos^ctlicr  involve  tlic  expenditure  of  more  than 
two  luinclred  and  fifty  dollars,  a  written  contract  for  such  work  or 
supply  shall  he  made,  under  such  re.c^ulations  as  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  may  hy  ordinance  estahlish.  and  under  the  rules  of  the 
department,  hoard  or  ofifice  in  question,  which  contract  shall  be 
founded  on  sealed  bids  or  proposals,  except  for  architect's  services 
or  where  the  supplies  or  the  work  needed  can  only  be  furnished  by 
one  party,  made  in  compliance  with  public  notice,  duly  advertised 
by  publication,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  fixed  for  opening 
said  bids  or  proposals.  If  the  department,  board,  or  the  officer  in 
question  shall  not  deem  it  for  the  interest  of  the  city  to  reject  all 
bids,  the  department,  board,  or  such  officer  shall  award  the  contract 
to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder;  prozndcd,  hozvever,  that  if  the 
department,  board,  or  officer  in  question  shall  not  deem  it  practica- 
ble or  for  the  best  interests  of  the  city  to  proceed  as  above  required 
for  any  particular  work  or  the  obtaining  of  any  particular  supply, 
a  written  statement  to  that  effect  shall  be  made,  giving  reasons  and 
the  manner  in  which,  in  the  opinion  of  said  department,  board,  or 
officer,  the  work  should  be  done,  or  the  supply  obtained,  and  sub- 
mit the  statement  to  the  court  of  common  council,  which  shall  take 
such  action  in  the  matter  as  it  shall  decide  to  be  for  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  city ;  provided,  hoivcz'er,  that  all  street  cleaning,  general 
repairs,  and  general  maintenance  of  the  highways  in  said  city  may 
be  performed  at  the  expense  of  said  city  under  the  supervision  of 
the  proper  department  thereof  without  calling  for  any  bids  or 
making  any   contract. 

The  form  of  each  contract,  which  shall  include  the  specifications, 
shall  be  approved  by  the  corporation  counsel,  and  the  contractor 
shall  give  security  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  mayor  and  controller 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  contract.  All  bids  or  proposals 
shall  be  publicly  opened  by  the  department,  board,  or  officer  adver- 
tising for  the  same,  in  the  presence  of  the  controller ;  but  the 
opening  of  bids  shall  not  be  postponed  if  the  controller  shall,  after 
due  notice,  fail  to  attend.  If  the  lowest  bidder  shall  neglect  or 
refuse  to  accept  the  contract  within  five  days  after  written  notice 
that  the  same  has  been  awarded  according  to  his  bid  or  proposal,  or 
if  he  fail  to  execute  his  contract  or  to  give  proper  security,  it  may- 
be re-advertised  and  re-let  in  the  manner  provided,  or,  with  the 
written  approval  of  the  mayor,  filed  for  public  record  with  the  city 


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clerk,  said  contract  ma>'  l)e  awarded  to  the  next  lowest  responsible 
bidder.  If  any  work  sliall  be  abandoned  by  any  contractor,  it  may 
be  re-advertised  and  re-let  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  the  origi- 
nal contract,  or,  with  the  written  approval  of  the  mayor,  such 
department,  board,  or  ofificer,  may  cause  said  work  to  be  finished 
without  making  a  new  contract,  and  the  original  contractor  shall 
be  liable  to  the  city  for  any  excess  in  the  cost  of  said  work  over  the 
amount  of  the  original  contract.  Xo  bid  shall  be  accepted  from  or 
contract  awarded  to  any  person  who  is  in  arrears  to  the  city  upon 
debt  or  contract,  or  who  is  a  defaulter  as  surety  or  otherwise  upon 
any  obligation  to  the  city.  Three  copies  of  ever}-  contract  shall  be 
executed,  and  one  of  the  original  copies  thereof  shall  be  filed  in  the 
controller's  office. 

Whenever  proposals  for  furnishing  supplies  or  doing  work  are 
invited  by  advertisement  by  any  department,  board,  or  officer,  such 
department,  board,  or  officer  shall  require,  as  a  condition  precedent 
to  the  reception  of  any  proposal,  the  deposit  with  such  department, 
board,  or  officer  of  a  check,  draw'n  to  the  order  of  the  controller 
and  certified  by  some  reliable  bank. 

Such  checks  shall  accompany  the  proposal  and  be  for  an  amount 
of  not  less  than  five  per  centum  of  the  amount  required  by  said  bid 
to  be  paid  by  the  city  for  the  proposed  work  to  be  done  or  supply 
to  be  furnished.  Within  three  days  after  it  is  decided  who  is  the 
lowest  responsible  bidder  the  controller  shall  return  all  such  checks 
to  the  persons  depositing  the  same,  except  the  check  deposited 
by  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  such  contract ;  and  if  the  said 
lowest  responsible  bidder  shall  refuse  or  neglect,  within  five  days 
after  due  notice  that  the  contract  has  been  aw^arded  to  him,  to  exe- 
cute the  same,  the  amount  of  the  deposit  made  by  him  shall  be  for- 
feited to  and  retained  by  the  city  as  liquidated  damages  for  such 
neglect  or  refusal,  and  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  said  city; 
but  if  said  lowest  responsible  bidder  shall  execute  the  contract 
within  the  time  aforesaid,  the  amount  of  his  deposit  shall  be  re- 
turned to  him. — As  amended  by  act  approved  June  17,  1901. 

Sec.  157.  Each  department  and  each  executive  officer  is  hereby 
empowered  to  employ  clerical  assistants  when  necessar}-,  and  to 
purchase  necessary  supplies,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act 
and  to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  finance  as  to  salaries  and  num- 
ber of  assistants. 


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Sec.  158.  The  several  (lc'])rirlnieins  and  executive  ofificers  shall 
annually,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  February,  submit  to  the 
mayor  a  report  of  their  proceedings  during-  the  fiscal  year  preced- 
ing, with  a  detailed  statement  of  their  receipts  and  expenditures, 
and  such  further  additional  information  as  to  their  proceedings, 
receipts,  and  expenditures,  between  the  first  day  of  January  and 
the  first  day  of  May,  as  the  mayor  may  require,  and  the  mayor 
shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  court  of  common  council  within  ten 
days  after  receiving  the  same,  with  any  recommendation  which  he 
may  think  proper. 

Sec.  159.  All  sinking  funds  heretofore  established  by  law  are 
hereby  continued  for  the  purpose  for  which  such  funds  were  estab- 
lished, and  the  powers  and  duties  of  the  commissioners  of  said 
funds  are  hereby  confirmed.  Each  of  said  commissioners,  whether 
now  in  office  or  hereafter  appointed,  shall  give  bonds  to  the  city  in 
such  sums  and  with  such  sureties  as  may  be  approved  by  the  board 
of  finance.  But  no  person  or  corporation  shall  be  accepted  by 
said  board  of  finance  as  a  surety  on  such  bond  except  some  corpo- 
ration authorized  by  the  laws  of  this  state  to  give  or  become  surety 
for  municipal  and  other  officials. 

Sec.  160.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  officer  of  said  city,  upon 
the  expiration  of  his  tenn,  to  deliver  over  to  his  successor  in  office 
all  books,  vouchers,  papers,  and  memoranda  under  his  control  af- 
fecting the  business  of  said  city. 

Sec.  161.  No  person  shall  hold  any  office  under  the  city,  or  any 
department  thereof,  the  compensation  for  which  is  a  salary,  while 
holding  any  other  official  position  in  or  under  the  government  of 
this  city,  the  compensation  for  which  is  a  salary.  No  person  shall 
be  appointed  a  member  of  more  than  one  appointive  board  or  com- 
mission to  which  a  salary  is  attached. 

Sec.  162.  The  city  shall  have  power  to  accept  gifts  and  to 
administer  trusts  for  hospitals  and  dispensaries  and  for  all  purposes 
for  which  said  city  is  authorized  or  required  to  expend  money,  and 
for  no  others. 

Sec.  163.  No  officer  of  said  city,  or  of  any  ward  thereof,  or  of 
the  New  Haven  city  school  district,  whether  elected  or  appointed, 
shall  take  or  receive  any  money,  article,  thing,  advantage,  or 
promise  thereof,  as  consideration  for  any  vote  or  act  in  his  official 
capacity,  or  for  any  neglect  to  vote  or  act  in  such  a  capacity,  or  for 
making  or  consenting  in  such  a  capacity  to  any  award  of  any  con- 


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tract,  or  to  any  appointment  to  or  removal  from  any  office  or  place. 
Any  person  offending  against  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for  a 
term  of  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than  one  vear. 


City  Court. 

Sec.  164.  There  shall  be  and  hereby  is  established  a  court  for 
the  trial  of  cases  in  the  city  and  town  of  New  Haven,  which  court 
shall  be  designated  and  known  as  the  city  court  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  165.  The  judge  and  associate  judge  of  said  court  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  general  assembly  and  shall  severally  hold  office 
for  the  term  of  two  years  from  and  after  the  first  day  of  April 
following  their  appointment  and  until  their  respective  successors 
shall  have  duly  qualified.  The  judge  of  said  court  shall  appoint  a 
city  attorney,  an  assistant  city  attorney,  a  clerk,  and  two  assistant 
clerks  of  said  court,  each  of  whom  may  be  removed  by  said  judge 
for  cause,  and  each  of  whom  shall  hold  office  during  the  term  of 
the  judge  appointing  him,  unless  sooner  removed  and  until  his 
successor  is  duly  appointed  and  has  qualified.  The  judge  and  as- 
sociate judge  shall  take  the  oath  provided  by  law  for  the  judicial 
officers.  No  person  who  is  not  a  resident  and  elector  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven  shall  hold  any  office  in  said  court.  No  official  of  said 
court  shall  act  as  attorney  in  either  the  civil  or  criminal  part  of  said 
court  except  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties. — As  amended  by 
act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  166.  The  associate  judge  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the 
jurisdiction  and  powers  conferred  on  said  judge,  in  addition  to  the 
concurrent  power  granted  said  associate  judge  by  this  act.  In  case 
of  the  absence  of  said  judge  and  associate  judge,  or  of  the  inability 
or  disability  of  both  to  discharge  the  duties  of  said  office,  the  clerk 
of  said  court  shall,  in  writing,  request  any  judge  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas,  or  of  any  city  court  in  this  state,  to  act  in  the  place  of 
such  judge,  and,  while  so  acting,  he  shall  have  and  exercise  all  of 
the  powers  conferred  on  the  judge  and  associate  judge  of  the  city 
court  until  one  of  them  shall  have  returned  or  until  such  inability 
or  disability  shall  have  been  removed.  Any  judge  so  called  upon 
shall  receive  from  the  citv  of  N^w  Haven,  in  addition  to  his  actual 


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and  necessary  traveling  expenses,  the  sum  of  eight  dollars  for  each 
day  for  actual  service  in  said  court. 

Sec.  167.  The  clerk  and  the  assistant  clerks  of  said  court  shall 
take  the  oath  prescribed  for  clerks  of  courts  in  this  state.  Each  of 
them  shall  execute  a  bond  to  said  city  in  the  penal  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  in  form  and  with  security  satisfactory  to  the 
board  of  finance  of  said  city,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  his  duties  according  to  law,  and  said  bonds  shall  be  depos- 
ited with  the  controller.  But  no  person  or  corporation  shall  be 
accepted  by  said  board  of  finance  as  a  surety  on  such  bonds  except 
as  authorized  in  section  159  of  this  charter.  The  assistant  clerks 
shall  each  have  all  the  powers  and  may  perform  all  the  duties  of 
the  clerk,  subject  to. his  direction. — As  amended  by  act  approved 
July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  168.  The  clerk  shall  keep  the  civil  files  and  records  of  said 
court,  and  in  general  shall  have  and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  dis- 
charge all  the  duties  pertaining  to  civil  matters  pending  in  said 
court  which  belong  to  or  are  discharged  by  the  clerks  of  the  superior 
court  in  like  cases  pending  therein,  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable 
to  said  court.  He  shall  collect  the  same  fees  in  civil  matters  as  are 
herein  provided,  and  all  fees,  costs,  fines,  and  other  sums  com- 
ing into  his  hands  in  criminal  cases  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury 
of  said  city  for  the  use  of  said  city,  except  that  he  may  pay  from 
the  funds  in  his  hands  the  costs  and  fees  in  criminal  cases  to  the 
persons  entitled  to  receive  the  same,  and  any  necessary  expenses  of 
said  court  which  shall  have  been  approved  by  said  judge,  taking 
receipts  for  such  payments,  and  shall  report  to  the  court  monthly 
all  fees  due  and  unpaid.  He  shall  account  to  the  controller  of  said 
city  monthly  for  all  moneys  by  him  received  under  the  provisions 
of  this  act,  and  his  disbursements  thereof,  and  pay  ail  balances  in 
his  hands  at  said  times  of  accounting  into  the  treasury  of  said  city, 
except  such  sums  as  may  be  necessary  for  him  to  retain  to  pay  said 
costs,  fees,  and  expenses  to  the  persons  respectively  entitled  thereto ; 
provided,  that  no  fees  in  criminal  cases  shall  be  paid  to  or  received 
by  any  paid  member  of  the  police  force  of  said  city  for  any  service 
whatever,  as  a  witness  or  otherwise;  and  provided  further,  that  no 
person  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  any  costs  or  fees  unless  demand 
shall  be  made  therefor  within  ninety  days  after  the  sam  shall  have 
been  taxed.  Said  clerk  may  draw  Drders  on  the  city  treasurer  for 
such  sums  as  may  be  necessar}^  to  pay  all  the  fees,  costs,  and  ex- 


penses  of  said  court  which  have  accrued  and  are  payable  by  hiin, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  city  treasurer  to  pay  such  orders  on 
the  treasury  when  countersigned  by  the  judge,  and  said  clerk  shall 
return  to  the  controller  each  month  a  detailed  statement  under  oath, 
of  his  official  receipts  for  the  month  preceding,  under  the  following 
heads,  to  wit:  From  fines,  from  jail,  from  the  superior  court,  and 
from  other  sources ;  also  a  detailed  statement  under  oath,  of  his 
ofificial  disbursements,  and  of  the  amount  paid  over  to  the  city 
treasurer  by  him  for  the  same  period.  Said  clerk  shall,  with  his 
monthly  account  rendered  to  the  controller,  file  a  certified  state- 
ment of  the  civil  sessions  during  the  month. 

Sec.  169.  Said  clerk  shall  keep  the  criminal  files  and  records  of 
said  city  court,  and  shall,  within  ten  days  after  any  appeal  or  bind- 
ing over  in  criminal  cases  in  said  court,  deliver  to  the  clerk  of  the 
court  to  which  the  appeal  is  taken,  or  the  person  is  bound  over,  a 
copy  of  the  files  and  records  of  the  case.  He  shall  receive  all  fees 
and  costs  imposed  by  said  court  in  criminal  cases  which  are  paid 
before  commitment,  and  all  fees  and  costs  paid  after  commitment 
to  the  keeper  of  the  jail,  w^orkhouse,  or  other  place  where  the 
ofifender  is  confined,  shall  be  paid  by  such  keeper  to  the  clerk. 
Said  clerk  shall  also  receive  all  sums  taxed  in  the  higher  courts  for 
costs  before  said  city  court,  and  for  copies  in  cases  coming  from 
said  city  court  to  said  superior  court  or  criminal  court  of  common 
pleas  by  appeal,  binding  over,  or  otherwise. 

Sec.  170.  The  office  of  the  city  attorney  shall  be  open  from 
eight  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  until  eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  on 
all  days  except  Sundays  and  legal  holidays,  and  the  office  of  the 
clerk  of  the  city  court  shall  be  open  from  nine  o'clock  in  the  fore- 
noon until  five  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  and  the  offices  of  city  at- 
torney and  said  clerk  of  said  court  shall  be  in  the  building  where 
said  court  is  held. 

Sec.  171.  The  officers  of  said  court  shall,  respectively,  receive 
the  following  salaries  in  full  for  all  services  required  of  said  offi- 
cers:  The  judge,  twenty-five  hundred  dollars;  the  associate  judge, 
twenty-five  hundred  dollars ;  the  city  attorney,  three  thousand  dol- 
lars ;  the  assistant  city  attorney,  twenty-five  hundred  dollars ;  the 
clerk,  twenty-five  hundred  dollars ;  two  assistant  clerks,  one  thous- 
and dollars  each.  The  judge  of  said  court  may  also  appoint  an 
official  stenographer,  whose  compensation  shall  not  exceed  twenty 
dollars   per   week,   who   shall   perform   the    duties   required   by   the 


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judges,  in  civil  and  criminal  cases,  and  also  perfonii  such  duties 
as  stenographer  and  typewriter  for  the  officials  of  the  court  as  the 
judge  mav  designate.  Said  compensation  shall  he  in  full  for  all 
official  duties  of  such  stenographer,  including  the  furnishing  of 
transcripts  of  testimony  to  the  court  and  the  city  attorney  when 
required ;  but  when  required  by  any  party  of  record  to  furnish  a 
transcript,  the  stenographer  may  charge  such  party  compensation 
not  exceeding  that  fixed  by  law  for  copies  made  by  the  official  sten- 
ographer of  the  superior  court.  All  fees  collectable  by  law  by  the 
clerk  of  the  city  court  shall  be  collected  by  the  clerk  and  accounted 
for  and  paid  over  with  other  moneys  of  said  court  to  the  city  treas- 
ury. Said  fees  may  be  demanded  before  a  cause  is  entered  or 
judgment  is  recorded,  and  no  clerk  shall  be  required  to  continue  any 
cause  on  the  docket  or  to  enter  or  record  any  judgment  therein,  or 
to  issue  any  execution  or  any  judgment  until  all  court  fees,  clerk 
fees,  and  stenographer's  fees  already  due  shall  have  been  paid. — As 
amended  by  act  approved  April  5,  1905. 


Civil  Jurisdiction. 

Sec.  172.  Said  court  shall  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  over  all 
civil  causes,  both  at  law  and  in  equity,  wdierein  any  of  the  parties 
reside  in  said  city  or  town,  except  suits  w^herein  the  title  to,  or  right 
to  possession  of,  or  easement  in  land  situated  outside  of  the  limits 
of  said  city  or  town  is  to  be  tried  and  determined,  and  except  civil 
actions  for  injury  to  such  title  or  right;  provided,  that  in  any  civil 
cause  wherein  the  debt,  damage,  or  matter  in  demand  exceeds  one 
hundred  dollars  in  amount  or  value,  any  defendant  residing  out  of 
said  city  or  town  may,  with  the  written  assent  of  the  rest  of  the 
defendants,  when  there  are  more  than  one,  remove  said  cause  to 
the  next  court  of  common  pleas  or  superior  court  for  New-  Haven 
county :  provided,  said  cause  would  have  originally  been  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  court  to  which  the  same  is  removed,  upon 
his  written  motion  filed  within  three  days  after  the  return  day  of 
the  writ,  and  upon  filing  therewith  his  affidavit  that  he  has  a  bona 
fide  defense  and  that  such  removal  is  not  intended  for  delay,  which 
affidavit  shall  form  a  part  of  the  files  and  records  of  the  cause ;  and 
upon  the  granting  of  such  motion  the  clerk  of  the  city  court  shall 
deliver  the  original  files  in  the  said  cause,  with  his  certificate  of 


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removal  thereon,  to  the  clerk  of  the  court  to  which  it  is  removed, 
who  shall  forthwith  enter  the  same  upon  the  docket  of  said  court, 
to  be  in  all  respects  proceeded  with  as  though  it  had  been  originally 
brought  to  said  court,  and  no  attachment,  lien,  bail-bond,  or  other 
security  previously  had  or  given  shall  be  affected  by  such  removal ; 
provided  fiirlJier,  that  any  defendant  aggrieved  by  any  judgment 
or  decree  rendered  by  said  court  in  any  cause  which  was  originally 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  superior  court,  may  appeal  to  said 
superior  court,  except  in  a  case  of  a  trial  by  jury  upon  his  own 
motion. 

Said  appeal  shall  be  taken  to  the  next  return  day  or  the  next  but 
one  of  the  superior  court,  and  such  defendant  shall  file  a  written 
notice  of  appeal,  and  a  bond  to  the  adverse  party  in  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars,  with  surety  satisfactory  to  said  city  court  to  prose- 
cute such  appeal  to  effect,  and  answer  all  damages  if  he  make  not 
his  plea  good,  within  forty-eight  hours  after  such  judgment  shall 
have  been  rendered,  unless  said  city  court  shall,  on  motion,  extend 
the  time  for  filing  the  same.  The  clerk  shall,  within  ten  days  after 
the  filing  of  such  bond  and  notice,  deliver  a  true  and  attested  copy 
of  the  files  and  records  of  the  cause  to  the  clerk  of  the  superior  court, 
who  shall  enter  said  cause  on  the  docket  thereof,  and  said  cause 
shall  thenceforth  be  proceeded  with  in  all  respects  as  in  case  of 
appeals  from  the  judgment  of  justices  of  the  peace.  The  party  who 
shall  finally  prevail  in  said  cause  shall  recover  all  costs  taxed  in  said 
city  court. 

Said  city  court  shall  not  have  power  to  issue  writs  of  mandamus, 
prohibition,  quo  warranto,  ne  exeat,  or  habeas  corpus. 

Sec.  173.  Said  court  shall  have  the  same  authority  in  cases  of 
bastardy  that  is  or  may  hereafter  by  law  be  exercised  by  justices  of 
the  peace  in  the  town  of  New  Haven.  Said  court  shall  have  power 
and  authority  to  issue  search  warrants  to  be  served  in  said  town  of 
New^  Haven,  and  the  proceedings  in  reference  to  such  search  war- 
rants shall  in  all  respect  be  the  same  as  in  reference  to  search 
warrants  issued  by  justices  of  the  peace  in  the  several  towns.  Com- 
plaints for  forcible  entry  and  detainer  with  reference  to  any  houses, 
lands,  or  tenements,  situated  wholly  within  the  limits  of  said  city 
or  town,  may  be  made  to  said  city  court,  and  said  court  may  pro- 
ceed thereupon  in  all  respects  as  a  county  commissioner  and  a  jus- 
lice  of  the  peace  may  do,  and  all  the  other  provisions  of  the  statutes 
of   this   state,   with   reference    to    forcible    entrv   and   detainer,    are 


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hercl)y  made  applicable  to  such  cases,  except  that  the  jury  shall  be 
drawn  and  summoned,  and  costs  shall  be  taxed  as  in  other  civil 
cases  before  said  city  court. 

Sec.  174.  All  writs  and  other  process  and  proceedings  brought 
to,  pending  in.  or  issuing  from  said  city  court,  shall  be  in  form, 
style,  subscription,  and  mode  of  authentication,  similar  to  those  in 
use  from  time  to  time  in  the  superior  court,  and  shall  have  the 
same  authority  and  validity,  and  such  process  may  be  signed  and 
issued  by  the  authorities  authorized  by  the  general  statutes  to  sign 
and  issue  process  and  by  the  judge  or  clerk  of  said  city  court,  and 
may  be  served  in  any  part  of  this  state  by  any  person  authorized  to 
serve  like  process  issuing  from  or  returnable  to  the  superior  court 
in  like  cases. 

Sec.  175.  The  rules  of  practice  in  the  superior  court,  both  in 
civil  and  criminal  causes,  so  far  as  the  same  may  be  applicable, 
shall  govern  the  practice  in  said  court  until  the  same  shall  have 
been  modified  by  the  judge  of  said  city  court,  who  is  hereby 
authorized  to  repeal,  modify,  or  add  to  said  rules. 

Sec.  176.  The  city  court  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  here- 
after have  the  exclusive  jurisdiction  of  all  civil  cases  now  cog- 
nizable by  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  town  of  New  Haven,  ex- 
cept actions  of  summary  process  and  bastardy  proceedings,  but 
this  act  shall  not  affect  actions  now  pending  before  justices  of  the 
peace  in  said  town.  In  all  actions  at  law  where  the  matter  in  de- 
mand does  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  the  general  statutes 
relating  to  the  service  and  return  of  process  before  justices  of  the 
peace  shall  apply  to  the  service  and  return  of  such  process  before 
said  city  court.  Whenever  any  action  is  pending  before  said  court 
in  which  the  matter  in  demand  exceeds  twenty  dollars  in  amount  or 
value  and  does  not  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  a  jury  of  six  shall 
be  summoned  from  the  duly  sworn  jurors  of  said  city  to  try  the 
same,  on  motion  of  either  party,  made  wathin  such  time  as  the  rules 
of  said  court  shall  provide ;  provided,  that  the  party  so  moving  for 
a  jury  shall  enter  into  a  recognizance  with  surety  to  the  adverse 
party  in  such  sum  as  the  court  shall  order,  conditioned  for  the 
payment  of  all  costs  in  case  final  judgment  is  rendered  against  him. 
In  all  civil  actions  where  the  matter  in  demand  does  not  exceed  one 
hundred  dollars,  all  taxable  costs  and  fees,  including  clerk  and 
jury  fees  and  compensation  to  jurors,  shall  be  the  same  as  in  trials 
before  justices  of  the  peace ;  in  all  other  civil  cases  the  costs  and  fees 


shall  be  the  same  as  in  cases  broug'ht  to  the  superior  court,  and  in 
all  cases  formerly  cog-nizable  in  equity  the  costs  shall  be  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court,  in  the  same  manner  as  in  causes  pending  in  the 
superior  court. — As  amended  by  act  approved  May  12,  1905. 

Sec.  177.  There  shall  be  but  one  term  of  said  city  court,  begin- 
ning on  the  first  Monday  of  July  in  each  year.  There  shall  be  a 
session  of  said  court  for  the  transaction  of  civil  business  on  the 
first  Monday  of  each  month,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  judge 
or  associate  judge  of  said  court  shall  direct. 

Sec.  178.  When  a  defendant  who  is  sued  in  said  city  court  in 
any  civil  action  lives  within  the  limits  of  the  town  of  New  Haven, 
the  writ  shall  be  served  upon  him  at  least  six  days  before  the  day 
to  which  the  writ  is  returnable,  but  if  the  defendant  lives  without 
the  limits  of  the  town  of  New  Haven,  the  writ  shall  be  served 
upon  him  at  least  twelve  days  before  said  return  day.  Writs  may 
be  made  returnable  to  said  court  upon  any  Monday  or  Thursday ; 
provided,  that  each  writ  shall  be  returned  to  the  clerk  of  said 
court  on  or  before  the  day  preceding  the  one  to  which  such  writ 
is  returnable. 

Sec.  179.  Either  party  to  any  civil  action  may  put  the  same  to 
a  jury  under  like  conditions  and  with  like  eiTect  as  in  the  superior 
court,  unless  said  city  court  shall  by  rule  otherwise  prescribe. 
Said  court  may  cause  a  jury  to  be  summoned  at  such  time  as  it 
may  see  fit. 

Sec,  180.  Whenever  said  clerk  shall  issue  a  warrant  command- 
ing any  proper  officer  to  summon  a  jury  to  appear  before  said 
court,  such  officer  shall,  in  the  presence  of  the  judge  or  associate 
judge  of  said  court,  take  out  of  the  jury  box  as  many  papers  as 
his  warrant  directs,  and  the  persons  whose  names  shall  be  found 
written  thereon  shall  be  summoned  to  appear  before  the  court  at 
the  time  in  the  warrant  named,  to  serve  as  jurors ;  and  in  case  a 
complete  panel  shall  not  attend,  or  for  any  reason  there  shall  be  a 
deficiency  of  jurors  for  the  trial  of  any  cause,  such  officer  shall 
supply  the  deficiency  by  drawing,  in  the  presence  of  the  court, 
other  names  from  said  box,  and  summoning  such  persons  to  attend 
and  serve,  or  by  summoning  a  sufficient  number  of  talesmen,  as  the 
court  may  direct,  until  the  panel  shall  be  complete,  and  the  nanies 
of  such  jurors  as  do  not  attend  or  are  challenged  or  excused  shall 
be   returned   to   the   box   and   shall   be   liable    to   be   drawn   again. 


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The  name  of  each  juror  who  attends  court  and  serves  shall,  in  like 
manner  as  aforesaid,  be  put  into  another  ijox,  which  said  clerk 
shall  provide  for  that  purpose,  and  may  be  drawn  ag"ain  in  case,  for 
any  reason,  there  is  a  deficiency  in  the  other  box  to  complete  the 
panels  for  that  year  for  which  they  are  chosen  to  serve. 

Sec.  181.  Either  judge  of  said  court  shall  have  power  to  try 
and  decide  all  issues  of  fact  that  shall  have  come  before  said  court 
by  himself  or  by  a  jury  of  any  number  of  freemen,  not  less  than 
two  or  more  than  twelve,  empaneled  as  aforesaid  when  both  parties 
shall  agree  thereto.  The  oath  to  be  taken  by  said  jurors  shall  be 
the  juror's  oath  now  provided  by  law.  Any  juror  neglecting  to 
attend  when  duly  summoned  shall  be  liable  to  such  penalties  as 
shall  be  prescribed  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city  for  such  neglect. 

Sec.  182.  The  judge  or  associate  judge  of  said  court  may 
require  the  city  sheriff,  or,  in  his  absence,  inability,  or  disability, 
the  sheriff  of  New  Haven  county,  or  any  one  of  his  deputies,  or 
any  constable  of  the  town  of  New  Haven,  to  attend  any  session  of 
said  court  held  for  the  transaction  of  civil  business  only,  and  to 
execute  the  orders  of  said  court.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
officers  to  attend  said  court  when  required. 

Sec.  183.  Either  the  city  attorney  or  the  assistant  city  attorney 
may  sue  for,  in  any  proper  form  of  civil  action,  collect,  and  receive, 
in  the  name  and  behalf  of  said  city,  the  penalty  incurred  by  the 
breach  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  or  any  by-law  of  the  depart- 
ments of  parks  or  of  health,  now  or  hereafter  in  force ;  or  such  city 
attorney  may  enforce  such  ordinance  by  criminal  prosecution,  but 
no  person  shall  be  prosecuted  both  civilly  and  criminally  for  the 
same  breach  of  an  ordinance,  and  in  such  prosecution,  civil  or 
criminal,  it  shall  be  a  sufficient  description  of  the  offense  or  for- 
feiture to  set  forth  the  act  complained  of  and  to  allege  the  same  to 
have  been  done  contrary  to  the  ordinance  in  such  case  provided. 
All  fines  and  penalties  collected  under  the  provisions  of  the  charter 
of  said  city,  or  of  this  act,  shall,  unless  otherwise  provided,  be 
paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  city. 

Sec.  184.  From  all  judgments  and  decrees  of  said  city  court 
the  same  relief  may  be  had  by  appeal  as  is  provided  by  law  for 
relief  from  judgments  and  decrees  of  the  superior  court  in  similar 
cases  and  in  like  manner. 


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Criminal  Jurisdiction. 

Sec.  185.  Said  court  shall  have  and  exercise,  within  the  town 
and  city  of  New  Haven,  all  the  jurisdiction,  authority,  and  powers 
which  judges  of  the  peace  in  the  several  towns  of  this  state  have 
and  exercise,  or  shall  hereafter  by  law  have  and  exercise,  in  all 
matters  of  a  criminal  nature,  and  shall  have  jurisdiction  and  cog- 
nizance of  all  crimes  and  misdemeanors  committed  within  said  town 
or  city,  either  before  or  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  punisii- 
ment  whereof,  inflicted  by  said  court,  shall  not  exceed  a  fine  of  two 
hundred  dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  a  common  jail  or  workhouse 
lor  six  months,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  notwithstand- 
ing any  general  statute  to  the  contrary,  and  shall  have  power  to 
proceed  to  trial  or  examination,  render  judgment,  require  sureties 
of  the  peace,  bind  over  to  the  superior  court  in  cases  not  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  said  city  court,  and  grant  warrants  of  commit- 
ment and  execution  in  the  same  manner  as  justices  of  the  peace  in 
the  several  towns  in  this  state  may  do  in  criminal  cases,  lawfully 
brought  before  them;  provided,  that  the  accused  may,  either  dur- 
ing the  same  session  at  which  he  shall  be  convicted  or  within  forty- 
eight  hours  after  the  close  thereof,  but  not  afterwards,  appeal  to 
the  criminal  terms  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  next  thereafter  to 
be  holden  in  and  for  said  county,  in  all  cases  of  conviction,  except 
when  the  conviction  shall  be  of  the  crimes  of  drunkenness,  profane 
cursing  and  swearing,  and  Sabbath  breaking,  upon  giving  bonds  of 
recognizance  with  sufficient  surety  to  the  state,  conditioned  as  is 
now  or  may  hereafter  be  provided  by  law  in  appeals  from  judg- 
ments of  justices  of  the  peace  in  criminal  cases;  and  provided 
further,  that  if  the  appellant  shall  be  unable  to  procure  bonds  on  his 
appeal,  he  may  be  committed  to  jail  and  there  detained  for  trial,  or 
admitted  to  bail  in  the  same  manner  as  persons  bound  over  to  the 
superior  court  for  trial. 

Sec.  186.  Said  city  court  shall  also  have  jurisdiction  and  power 
in  all  cases  of  criminal  prosecution  for  the  breach  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances and  of  the  by-laws  or  regulations  of  the  departments  of 
parks  and  of  health,  now  or  hereafter  in  force,  in  the  same  manner 
and  to  the  same  extent,  and  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  criminal 
term  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  said  county,  in  the  same  man- 
ner and  upon  the  same  terms  as  in  other  criminal  matters,  except 
that  bonds  in  all  such  appeals  shall  be  taken  to  said  city. 


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Sec.  187.  No  grand  juror  shall  make  complaint,  either  to  said 
city  court  or  to  a  justice  of  the  peace,  of  any  criminal  matter 
whereof  jurisdiction  is  conferred  upon  said  city  court  by  this  act, 
nor  shall  any  justice  of  the  peace  take  cognizance  of  any  action  or 
complaint  of  a  criminal  nature  whereof  jurisdiction  is  conferred 
upon  said  court  by  this  act. 

Sec.  188.  A  session  of  said  court  shall  be  held  daily,  Sundays 
excepted,  for  the  trial  and  disposition  of  any  criminal  matters 
legally  brought  before  it,  and  may  be  held  on  Sunday,  and  an  extra 
session  of  said  court  may  be  held  whenever  deemed  necessary  by 
the  judge  or  associate  judge  thereof.  Said  court  shall  ])roceed  in 
all  criminal  cases  without  jury,  may  issue  subpoena  and  capias  for 
witnesses  in  matters  brought  before  it,  warrants  of  arrest  upon  com- 
plaint made  to  it  of  criminal  offenses,  and  all  other  usual  criminal 
process  to  be  served  in  any  part  of  this  state,  and  shall  administer 
justice  in  all  criminal  matters  whereof  this  act  gives  jurisdiction 
according  to  law,  and  such  process  shall  be  deemed  to  be  issued  by 
the  court,  when  issued  and  signed  by  the  judge  or  associate  judge, 
clerk  or  assistant  clerk,  the  city  attorney  or  his  assistant.  Said  court 
may  adjourn  any  case  to  a  future  day  for  trial,  and  take  bonds  for 
the  appearance  of  the  accused,  as  justices  of  the  peace  may  do,  and 
when  said  court  has  or  may  have  final  jurisdiction  thereof,  the  bonds 
shall  be  taken  to  said  city,  otherwise  to  the  state ;  and  such  bonds 
may  be  taken  by  the  judge  or  associate  judge,  clerk  or  assistant 
clerk,  and,  in  the  case  of  the  arrest  of  any  person  upon  a  criminal 
charge,  when  the  ofifense  is  bailable,  the  judge  or  associate  judge, 
clerk,  or  assistant  clerk  of  said  court,  or  the  acting  chief  of  police 
of  said  city,  or  some  official  designated  by  him,  may  take  bonds, 
with  sufficient  surety  for  the  appearance  of  the  accused  before  said 
court  at  its  next  session  for  criminal  business,  and  for  his  abiding 
the  order  of  said  court,  and  in  such  cases  the  bond  shall  be  taken 
as  above  provided ;  but  in  no  case  shall  any  fee  or  reward  be 
received  for  taking  such  bond. 

Sec.  189.  Said  court  may  suspend  the  rendition  of  judgment  in 
the  case  of  any  person  arraigned  before  it  for  drunkenness,  va- 
grancy, disorderly  conduct,  assault  and  battery,  breach  of  the  peace, 
or  other  petty  offense,  and  in  the  case  of  juvenile  offenders,  who 
might  otherwise  be  committed  to  the  Connecticut  School  for  Boys, 
or  the  Connecticut  Industrial  School  for  Girls,  whenever  such  court 
may  deem  such  forbearance  to  be  advisable  by  reason  of  the  age  of 


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the  accused  or  the  circumstances  under  which  the  offense  was  com- 
mitted. 

Sec.  190.  In  all  cases  and  proceedings  of  a  criminal  nature,  the 
following  costs  shall  be  taxed  in  said  court :  A  court  fee  of  three 
dollars,  and  the  same  ofificer's  and  witness'  fees  as  are  taxable  in  the 
superior  court;  provided,  hoi^'czrr,  that  in  cases  of  assault  and 
battery,  breaches  of  the  peace,  and  other  misdemeanors,  said  court 
may.  in  its  discretion,  direct  that  witness  fees  shall  not  be  paid  to 
any  witness  in  fault  in  the  matter  of  the  complaint,  or  where  the  wit- 
ness is  the  complainant  but  the  offense  is  trifling  in  character,  or 
where  said  court  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  witness  is  not  justly  en- 
titled to  said  fee.  All  copies  in  cases  coming  to  the  superior  court, 
or  the  criminal  court  of  common  pleas,  by  appeal,  binding  over,  or 
otherwise,  shall  be  taxed  the  same  as  in  similar  cases  coming  in  like 
manner  from  justices  of  the  peace;  in  case  of  conviction  and  judg- 
ment against  the  accused,  said  costs  shall  be  paid  by  him  and  pay- 
ment enforced,  as  in  cases  before  the  superior  court,  and  all  fees 
taxed  as  such  costs  by  said  court,  but  due  to  any  individual,  shall 
be  paid  by  said  city  to  him,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided. 

Sec.  191.  The  city  attorney  and  the  assistant  city  attorney  shall 
each  take  the  oath  prescribed  by  law,  for  grand  jurors,  mutatis 
uiutandis,  and  shall  hold  office  from  the  dates  of  their  appoint- 
ment and  until  others  shall  be  appointed  and  sworn  in  their 
stead.  They  may  be  removed  by  the  judge  for  cause,  and  if  either 
of  them  shall  willfully  neglect  any  duty  imposed  upon  him  by  this 
act,  he  shall  incur  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such 
neglect,  one-half  to  him  who  shall  prosecute  therefor,  and  the  other 
half  to  said  city,  which  said  penalty  may  be  recovered  in  any  proper 
action  founded  on  this  statute.  Either  of  them  may  issue  subpoenas 
for  witnesses  to  be  sworn  before  said  court,  and  may  require  any 
person  informing  him  of  the  commission  of  a  crime  to  make  infor- 
mation under  oath,  and  may  administer  the  witness'  oath  to  himi. 
The  provisions  of  section  91  of  the  general  statutes  of  Connecticut 
are  hereby  extended  to  said  city  attorney  and  assistant  city  attorney, 
and  they  shall  respectively  have  all  the  powers  within  the  limits  of 
the  city  or  town  of  New  Haven  that  grand  jurors  have  in  their  sev- 
eral towns  by  virtue  of  said  section.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each 
of  them  diligently  to  inquire  after  and  make  due  presentment  or 
complaint  to  said  city  court  of  all  crimes,  misdemeanors  and  other 
criminal  matters  whereof  said  court  has  jurisdiction  or  whereupon 


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said  CDurl  ma\-  proceed,  whether  committed  before  or  after  his 
appointment  to  office,  and  to  attend  to  the  proper  trial  and  hearing 
of  the  same  before  said  court. 

Sec.  192.  Whenever  any  breach  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city 
or  of  any  rule  or  regulation  of  the  department  of  health  or  the 
department  of  parks  has  been  committed  for  which  a  fixed  penalty 
is  prescribed,  either  of  said  attorneys  may  collect  and  receive  the 
amount  of  such  penalty  without  a  suit  or  prosecution  therefor ;  and 
whenever  such  breach  has  been  committed  for  which  a  discretionary 
penalty  is  prescribed,  either  of  said  attorneys  may  collect  and  re- 
ceive in  like  manner  therefor,  the  maximum  penalty  prescribed 
for  such  breach.  Each  of  them  shall,  within  thirty  days  thereafter, 
render  an  account  of  all  such  penalties  received  by  him,  together 
with  the  dates  and  names  of  the  persons  paying  the  same  and  the 
several  amounts,  to  the  controller. 

Sec.  193.  Said  attorney  or  said  assistant  attorney  shall  in  like 
manner  sue  for,  collect,  and  receive  the  amounts  due  on  all  bonds 
payable  to  the  city  in  criminal  matters  when  the  same  have  been  or 
shall  be  forfeited.  Each  of  them  shall  deposit  with  the  controller 
of  said  city  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  in 
form  and  with  surety  satisfactory  to  the  board  of  finance  of  said 
city,  conditioned  for  the  payment  by  him  to  the  city  of  all  money 
belonging  to  the  same  coming  into  his  hands  as  aforesaid,  and  he 
shall  pay  over  such  money  within  ten  days  after  the  same  is  received. 
But  no  person  or  corporation  shall  be  accepted  by  said  board  of 
finance  as  surety  on  such  bond  except  as  provided  for  in  section  159 
of  this  charter.  He  shall  forthwith  notify  the  state's  attorney  for 
New  Haven  county  of  the  forfeiture  of  any  bond  of  the  state  in 
criminal  matters  before  said  court. 

Sec.  194.  Criminal  process  issued  by  said  city  court,  or  by  the 
judge  or  clerk  thereof,  may  be  served  by  any  member  of  the  police 
force  of  said  city,  or  by  any  proper  officer  or  indifferent  person, 
and  may  be  served  in  any  part  of  this  state ;  but  before  any  mem- 
ber of  said  police  force  shall  leave  said  city  to  serve  such  process, 
he  shall  obtain  permission  so  to  do  from  the  acting  chief  of  police 
of  said  city.  Any  officer  or  indifferent  person,  other  than  paid 
members  of  said  police  force,  shall  receive  the  same  fees  for  such 
service  allowed  by  law  to  constables  in  similar  cases  and  any  extra 
expense,  necessarily  or  reasonably  incurred  in  securing  an  offender 
and  bringing  him  before   said   city   court,   may   be   paid   from   the 


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funds  of  said  city,  and  in  the  discretion  of  said  court  may  be  taxed, 
allowed,  and  collected  as  a  part  of  the  costs. — As  amended  by  act 
approved  April  9,  1901. 

Sec.  195.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police  of  said 
city,  for  the  time  being,  to  designate  a  suitable  officer  or  officers  of 
said  force,  who  shall  attend  the  sessions  of  said  court  for  criminal 
business,  shall  bring  before  it  any  person  or  persons  in  custody,  for 
trial  therein,  take  custody  of  any  persons  convicted  or  bound  over 
therein  and  deliver  them  over  to  the  officer  or  other  person  proper  to 
receive  the  same,  and,  in  general,  execute  the  orders  of  said  court. 
— As  amended  by  act  approved  April  9,  1901. 

Sec.  196.  The  keeper  of  the  county  jail  and  workhouse  of  New 
Haven  county,  and  the  keeper  of  the  town  workhouse  of  the  town 
of  New  Haven,  and  the  keeper  of  the  Connecticut  School  for 
Boys,  and  the  keeper  of  the  Connecticut  Industrial  School  for 
Girls,  shall  receive  any  person  committed  thereto  by  said  court,  and 
shall  have  and  keep  the  custody  of  such  person  as  in  other  cases, 
according  to  law  until  duly  discharged.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
each  of  the  keepers  of  said  jail  or  workhouse  to  render  to  the  clerk 
of  said  court,  at  least  once  in  each  month,  an  account  of  all  persons 
committed  to  his  custody  by  order  of  said  court,  and  of  those  dis- 
charged, stating  by  whom  and  how  discharged,  and  to  pay  over  to 
said  clerk  all  moneys  paid  to  them  for  fines  or  costs  by  or  for  such 
persons,  except  that  they  shall  be  permitted  to  retain  five  per 
centum  of  such  moneys  so  received  by  them,  as  compensation  for 
making  out  such  returns,  and  said  clerk  shall  keep  said  returns 
on  file. 

Sec.  197.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  all  members  of  the  police 
department  of  said  city,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to  arrest,  with- 
out previous  complaint  and  warrant,  all  such  persons  as  are  guilty 
of  drunkenness,  vagrancy,  disorderly  conduct,  breach  of  the  peace, 
common  assaults,  and  other  offenses,  when  such  offenses  shall  be 
committed  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  city  court,  and  such 
offenders  shall  be  taken  or  apprehended  in  the  act,  or  on  the  speedy 
information  of  others,  and  all  persons  so  arrested  shall  be  presented 
before  said  city  court  at  its  next  session  for  trial ;  each  member  of 
said  police  department  shall  also  have  power,  by  permission  of  the 
chief  of  said  department,  to  pursue  and  arrest  with  process  in  any 
part  of  this  state  persons  charged  with  criminal  act  committed 
within  the  limits  of  the  citv  or  town  of  New  Haven. 


Sec.  198.  The  chief  of  said  police  department  shall  have  power, 
subject  to  the  control  of  the  mayor  of  said  city,  to  suppress  all 
tumults,  riots,  and  unlawful  assemblies  within  said  city  or  town, 
with  force  and  strong  hand ;  to  enter  into  any  house  and  building 
in  said  city  or  town  reasonably  suspected  of  being  inhabited,  fre- 
quented, or  resorted  to  by  persons  of  ill-fame,  or  persons  of  idle, 
dissolute,  or  disorderly  character,  or  for  purposes  of  gambling  or 
gaming;  to  command  all  such  persons,  when  found  in  or  about 
such  house  or  building  to  disperse,  and,  upon  their  refusal  so  to  do, 
to  arrest  such  persons,  and  cause  them  to  be  brought  immediately 
before  said  city  court,  to  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law, 
and  to  require  any  person  to  aid  him  in  the  execution  of  the  powers 
conferred  upon  him  by  this  section ;  and  every  person  of  sufficient 
age  and  ability  who  shall  refuse  to  aid  and  assist  him  when  so 
required  shall  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  to  said  city, 
to  be  sued  for  and  collected  by  the  city  attorney. — As  amended  by 
act  approved  April  9,  1901, 

Sec.  199.  All  acts  or  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  relating 
to  or  affecting  the  city  court  of  New  Haven  are  hereby  repealed, 
but  said  court  shall  have  jurisdiction  over  all  offenses  committed  or 
causes  of  action  accruing  prior  to  its  taking  effect,  whether  pending 
or  not,  in  the  same  manner  as  though  this  act  had  not  been  passed. 

Sec.  200.  All  powers,  duties,  and  liabilities  formerly  vested  in 
and  imposed  upon  the  town  of  New  Haven  respecting  highways, 
private  ways,  bridges,  and  respecting  paupers,  shall  hereafter  be 
transferred  and  be  imposed  upon  the  city  of  New  Haven.  All 
provisions  of  the  charter  of  said  city  concerning  highw^ays,  private 
ways,  and  bridges  shall  hereafter  be  extended  and  made  to  apply  to 
all  territories  within  the  present  limits  of  the  city  of  New  H^ven. 


Department  of  Charities  and  Correction. 

Sec.  201.  There  shall  be  a  department  of  charities  and  correc- 
tion in  said  city  under  the  management  and  control  of  a  board  com- 
posed of  three  members.  During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and 
biennially  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  board  of  three  mem- 
bers to  serve  for  a  term  of  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  February 
following  their  appointment.  In  making  said  appointment  the 
mayor  shall  designate  one  of  said  board  to  be  superintendent.     Not 


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more  than  two  members  of  said  board  shall  at  any  one  time  belong 
to  the  same  political  party.  Said  board  may  make  all  necessary  rules 
and  regulations  concerning  the  afifairs  of  said  department  not  in- 
consistent with  the  law  or  with  the  ordinances  of  said  city.  Said 
superintendent  shall  receive  a  salary  not  exceeding  two  thousand 
dollars  per  year.  The  other  members  of  said  board  shall  serve  with- 
out pay.  Said  superintendent  shall  give  bonds  to  the  amount  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars. — As  amended  by  acts  approved  June 
10.  1901,  and  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  202.  Said  board  of  charities  and  correction  shall  hereafter 
be  charged  with  the  care  of  the  poor  belonging  to  said  city  and 
those  within  the  former  limits  of  said  town,  and  shall  execute  all  laws 
relative  thereto  which  would,  except  for  this  act,  apply  at  any  time 
to  the  selectmen  of  said  town.  All  paupers  within  said  city  who 
have  no  settlement  therein  shall  be  cared  for  or  removed  by  said 
board  in  the  same  manner  in  which  they  would  have  been  cared 
for  or  removed  by  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  were 
it  not  for  this  act.  Said  board  shall  provide  a  suitable  place  where 
shelter  and  food  may  be  furnished  at  the  discretion  of  said  board 
to  any  destitute  person  temporarily  within  said  city ;  but  no  able- 
bodied  person,  whether  a  resident  or  non-resident  of  said  city,  shall 
be  furnished  shelter,  food,  or  relief  in  any  form,  unless  such  person 
shall  render  in  labor  or  otherwise  as  full  an  equivalent  for  what  he 
receives  as  such  board  shall  consider  reasonable  under  the  circum- 
stances. 

The  said  board  shall  annually  make  a  report  of  its  doings  for  the 
fiscal  year  next  preceding,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 158,  which  report  shall  be  pubHshed  with  the  report  of  the  other 
departments. 

Sec.  203.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  November  in  each  year, 
said  board  shall  submit  to  the  board  of  finance  in  said  city  estimates 
of  the  amount  of  money  required  by  it  for  the  ensuing  fiscal  year, 
specifying  the  purpose  for  which  each  part  is  required. 

Said  board  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  showing  the  age,  sex, 
nationality,  and  probable  cause  of  destitution  of  each  person  whom 
it  relieves,  the  time  when  public  relief  was  first  given,  the  amount 
of  relief  given  to. each  person,  the  birthplace  of  each,  the  number 
of  applicants  for  relief  in  each  month,  and  the  monthly  expendi- 
ture for  all  relief;  and  said  record  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be 


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open  to  the  inspection  of  the  pubHc. — As  amended  by  act  approved 
April  11,  1901. 

Sec.  204.  Said  board  shall  have  power  to  employ  and  dischart^-e 
a  manager  of  Springside  farm  and  home,  who  shall  reside  at  said 
place,  and  shall  engage  in  no  other  business,  and  may  authorize  the 
superintendent  to  employ  and  discharge  such  clerks  and  other 
assistants  as  it  may  find  necessary  in  carrying  on  its  work.  All 
appointments  and  removals  made  by  said  board,  of  officers  or 
employes,  whose  compensation  exceeds  twelve  dollars  per  week, 
shall  be  in  writing,  and  be  signed  by  at  least  two  members  of  said 
board  and  entered  upon  the  records  of  the  department.  Said 
board  shall  have  an  office  in  the  city  hall,  which  shall  be  open  on 
each  business  day  at  times  to  be  fixed  by  said  board. 

Sec.  205.  Said  superintendent  shall  have  the  care,  manage- 
ment, and  direction  of  the  almshouse.  All  relief  given  to  persons 
outside  of  the  almshouse  (except  to  those  in  hospitals,  asylums,  and 
other  public  institutions)  shall  be  given  under  his  supervision.  He 
shall  be  the  purchasing  agent  of  said  board,  and  shall  make  a  writ- 
ten report  to  said  board  on  or  about  the  fifth  day  of  each  month,  as 
directed  by  said  board,  of  all  purchases,  sales,  and  collections  made 
by  him  during  the  month  last  ended,  and  he  shall  also  report  what 
supplies  were  on  hand,  at  the  almshouse  or  elsewhere,  on  the  last 
day  of  the  month  preceding  his  report. 

Sec.  206.  All  powers  and  duties  of  the  selectmen  of  said  town 
concerning  the  appointment  and  supervision  of  conservators,  guar- 
dians, and  overseers,  the  commitment  of  persons  to  the  Connecticut 
School  for  Boys,  or  the  Connecticut  Industrial  School  for  Girls, 
the  commitment  of  insane  persons  and  indigent,  imbecile  children 
to  proper  institutions,  the  indenture  of  apprentices,  the  giving  of 
children  in  adoption,  the  education  of  children,  the  collection  and 
return  of  statistics  concerning  the  deaf,  dumb,  and  blind,  prosecu- 
tion for  bastardy,  and  concerning  all  other  matters  afifecting  the 
defective  and  dependent  classes,  and  the  execution  of  all  laws  rela- 
tive thereto,  which  would  at  any  time,  except  for  this  act,  belong 
to  the  selectmen  of  said  town,  shall  hereafter  be  exercised  or  per- 
formed by  said  board  of  charities  and  correction.  All  notices  and 
summonses  respecting  any  of  the  matters  mentioned  in  this  section 
which  the  law  now  requires  to  be  served  upon  the  selectmen  of 
said  town  shall  hereafter  be  served  upon  the  clerk  of  said  city, 
who  shall  forthwith  sfive  notice  to  the  clerk  of  said  board. 


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All  powers  relating-  to  the  establishment  of  workhouses  wliich 
would  at  any  time,  except  for  this  act,  belong-  to  said  town,  shall 
hereafter  be  conferred  upon  said  cit}-.  All  workhouses  of  said 
city  and  their  inmates  shall  hereafter  be  maintained  and  controlled 
by  said  board  of  charities  and  correction,  and  said  city  shall  have 
the  use  and  benefit  of  the  labor  of  all  inmates  of  its  workhouse. 
All  general  laws  concerning^  town  workhouses,  so  far  as  they  are 
consistent  with  this  act,  shall  apply  to  said  city. 

Town  Clerk. 

Sec.  207.  The  town  clerk  of  said  town  shall  continue  to  dis- 
charge all  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law  hereafter,  and  his 
compensation  shall  be  three  thousand  dollars  a  year,  which,  together 
with  the  expenses  of  his  office,  including  the  salaries  of  clerks, 
the  number  and  salaries  of  which  shall  be  determined  by  the  board 
of  finance,  shall  be  paid  by  said  city.  On  the  first  week  day  of 
each  month  said  town  clerk  shall  make  report  to  the  mayor  of  all 
fees  collected  by  him  during  the  preceding  month,  and  shall  pay 
the  amount  of  the  same  into  the  city  treasury.  On  or  before  the 
fifteenth  day  of  February  in  each  year  he  shall,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  section  158,  submit  to  the  mayor  an  account 
of  the  doings  of  his  office  for  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  which 
report  shall  contain  a  statement  of  all  moneys  received  and 
expended  in  said  year.  He  shall  give  bonds  in  the  amount  of  ten 
thousand  dollars. 

Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics. 

Sec.  208.  The  registrar  of  vital  statistics  of  said  town  shall 
hereafter  continue  to  discharge  all  of  the  duties  required  of  him 
by  law,  and  his  compensation  shall  be  two  thousand  dollars  per 
annum,  which,  together  with  the  expenses  of  his  office,  including 
salaries  of  clerks,  the  number  and  salaries  of  which  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  board  of  finance,  shall  be  paid  by  said  city.  On  the 
first  week  day  of  each  month  the  registrar  of  vital  statistics  shall 
make  report  to  the  mayor  of  all  fees  collected  by  him  during  the 
preceding  month  and  shall  pay  the  amount  of  the  same  into  the 
city  treasury.  On  or  before  the  fifteenth  day  of  February  in  each 
year  he   shall,   in   accordance   with   the   provisions   of   section    158, 


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submit  to  the  mayor  an  account  of  the  doinj^s  of  his  office  for  the 
preceding  fiscal  year,  which  report  shall  contain  a  statement  of  all 
money  received  and  expended  by  him  for  the  preceding  fiscal  year. 
He  shall  give  bonds  in  the  amount  of  five  thousand  dollars. 

Selectmen  and  Constables, 

Sec,  209.  The  selectmen  and  constables  elected  to  hold  office  for 
one  year  from  the  first  week  day  of  June,  1905,  shall  continue  to  hold 
their  respective  offices  until  the  first  week  day  of  January,  1907. 
There  shall  be  elected  on  the  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  of 
November,  1906,  and  on  the  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  of 
November  of  every  second  year  thereafter,  five  selectmen  and  five 
constables,  who  shall  hold  ofifice  for  one  year  from  the  first  week 
day  in  January  next  following  their  election.  There  shall  be  elected 
on  the  first  Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  on  the  first  Monday  of 
October  in  every  second  year  thereafter,  five  selectmen  and  five 
constables,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  first  week 
day  in  January  next  following  their  election ;  provided,  hoivever, 
that  if  the  certain  proposed  amendment  to  the  constitution  con- 
cerning the  election  of  selectmen  and  officers  of  local  police,  which 
was  passed  in  the  house  of  representatives  of  the  general  assembly, 
May  20,  1903,  shall  be  finally  adopted  and  become  effective,  and 
if  the  electors  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  shall  so  determine,  the 
selectmen  and  constables  shall  be  elected  biennially,  beginning  with 
the  election  to  be  held  the  first  Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  the 
selectmen  and  constables  then  and  thereafter  elected,  shall  hold 
office  for  two  years  from  the  first  week  day  in  January  next  suc- 
ceeding their  election,  and  there  shall  be  no  election  of  selectmen 
or  constables  thereafter,  excepting  only  in  every  second  year  after 
1907. 

No  person  elected  as  constable  shall  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office  until  he  has  filed  a  bond  with  sufficient  surety,  in  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 
The  powers  and  duties  of  said  selectmen  shall  hereafter  be  limited 
to  those  powers  vested  in  and  those  duties  imposed  upon  selectmen 
by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  state  relating  to  the  admission 
of  persons  to  the  privileges  of  electors  in  said  town,  and  to  the 
erasure  from  the  registry  list  of  the  names  of  those  who  have  for- 


—89— 

feitcd  the  privileges  of  electors,  and  the  powers  and  duties  imposed 
upon  them  by  the  act  incorporating  The  Trustees  of  the  Old  Alms- 
house Farm  of  New  Haven,  and  the  amendments  thereto.  No 
elector  shall  vote  for  more  than  three  selectmen  at  any  election. 
Each  of  said  selectmen  shall  receive  fifty  cents  per  hour  for  the 
time  actually  spent  in  the  discharge  of  said  duties,  and  their  neces- 
sary expenses,  and  their  compensation  and  expenses  shall  be  paid 
by  said  city. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 

Sec.  210.  The  town  clerk,  the  registrar  of  vital  statistics,  the 
grand  jurors,  and  the  registrars  of  voters,- elected  to  hold  office  for 
two  years  from  the  first  week  day  of  June,  1905,  shall  continue  to 
hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  first  week  day  of  January,  1908. 
The  city  of  New  Haven  shall,  at  the  election  to  be  held  on  the  first 
Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  biennially  thereafter,  elect  a  town 
clerk  for  the  town  of  New  Haven,  who  shall  hold  his  ofBce  for  the 
term  of  two  years  from  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  suc- 
ceeding his  election,  and  shall  perform  all  the  duties  imposed  by 
law  upon  the  town  clerks  of  other  towns.  The  city  of  New  Haven 
shall,  at  the  election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  October, 
1907,  and  biennially  thereafter,  elect  a  registrar  of  vital  statistics, 
grand  jurors,  and  registrars  of  voters,  each  to  serve  for  two  years 
from  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  his  election. 
The  powers  and  duties  of  said  registrars  shall  be  the  same  as  they 
would  have  been  in  the  same  town  had  this  act  not  been  passed,  and 
they  shall  be  subject  to  all  laws  applying  to  the  corresponding 
ofificers  of  other  towns.  All  expenses  of  said  town  elections  shall 
be  paid  by  said  city,  and  warning  of  said  elections  shall  be  given 
as  provided  by  law  for  town  elections.  All  electors  formerly  of  the 
town  of  New  Haven  and  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  be  electors 
of  said  city  and  shall  be  qualified  to  hold  office  in  said  city  and  vote 
at  all  city  elections.  All  elections  in  said  town  shall  hereafter  be 
held  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  in  each  year,  beginning  with 
the  April  election,  1902. — As  amended  by  acts  approved  June  10, 
1901,  and  July  6,  1905. 

Board  of  Assessors, 

Sec.  211.  There  shall  be  a  board  of  .assessors  in  said  city  con- 
sisting of  five  members,  not  more  than  three  of  whom  shall  belong 
to  the  same  political  party.     The  present  members  of  the  board  of 


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assessors  in  said  city  shall  continue  to  be  members  of  said  board 
until  the  term  for  which  they  have  been  appointed  shall  expire, 
unless  sooner  removed  for  cause  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act.  In  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  annually  thereafter, 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  assessor  to  serve  for  five  years  from 
the  first  day  of  February  next  following  his  appointment.  Each 
assessor  shall  receive  a  salary  of  two  thousand  dollars  a  year.  Said 
board  of  assessors  may  appoint  a  clerk  or  clerks,  the  number  and 
salaries  of  which  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  finance.  Said 
assessors  shall  have  the  same  powders  and  duties  which  the  assessors 
of  the  town  of  New  Haven  would  have  had  if  this  act  had  not  been 
passed. — As  amended  by  act  approved  July  6,  1905. 


Board  of  Relief. 

Sec.  212.  There  shall  be  a  board  of  relief  in  said  city  consisting 
of  three  members,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  belong  to  the 
same  political  party.  The  present  members  of  the  board  of  relief 
shall  continue  to  hold  office  until  the  terms  for  which  they  have 
been  appointed  shall  expire,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  In  the  month  of  Janu- 
ary, 1907,  and  annually  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one 
member  of  the  board  of  relief  to  serve  for  three  years  from  the 
first  day  of  February  next  following  his  appointment.  Each  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  relief  shall  receive  a  salary  of  two  hundred 
dollars  for  each  of  the  months  of  April,  May  and  June,  1901,  and 
thereafter  a  salary  of  three  hundred  dollars  a  year.  Said  board  of 
relief  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties  which  the  board  of 
relief  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  would  have  had  if  this  act  had 
not  been  passed. — As  amended  by  acts  approved  March  21,  1901, 
and  July  6,  1905. 

Mayor's  Po\^'ER  of  Removal. 

Sec.  213.  The  mayor  may  at  any  time  w^henever  he  may  believe 
any  person  appointed  to  office  by  him  or  any  of  his  predecessors  to 
be  incompetent,  or  unfaithful  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  or  that  the 
requirements  of  the  public  service  demand  his  removal,  summon 
said  officer  before  him  at  a  place  and  time  specified  in  said  sum- 


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mons,  to  show  cause  why  he  should  not  be  removed  from  said 
office.  With  said  summons  he  shall  leave  with  said  officer  a  written 
statement  of  charges  against  him,  and  if,  after  full  hearing,  he 
shall  find  that  such  officer  is  incompetent  or  unfaithful,  or  that 
requirements  of  the  public  service  demand  his  removal,  he  may 
remove  such  person  from  his  office. 

Any  such  official  so  removed  may  appeal  from  the  order  of  the 
mayor  removing  him  from  said  office  to  the  superior  court  or  any 
judge  thereof,  which  appeal  shall  be  made  returnable  not  more 
than  six  nor  less  than  three  days  from  the  date  of  the  order  of 
removal  of  said  mayor,  and  shall  be  served  upon  the  mayor,  or  at 
his  usual  place  of  abode,  at  least  forty-eight  hours  before  the  time 
fixed  for  a  hearing.  And  said  court  or  judge,  having  given  sucli 
further  notice  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  all  parties,  shall 
forthwith  hear  said  case,  and  may  approve  or  revoke  the  order  of 
said  mayor,  and  may  award  costs  at  his  discretion.  But  no  such 
official  so  removed  shall  exercise  any  of  the  powers  of  his  office 
during  the  pendency  of  his  appeal  to  the  superior  court. 


General  Provisions. 

Sec.  214.  All  officers,  not  heieinbefore  mentioned,  who  would, 
except  for  this  act,  be  elected  by  said  town,  or  be  appointed  by  the 
selectmen  of  said  town,  shall  hereafter  be  chosen  and  appointed  by 
the  court  of  common  council  of  said  city,  in  so  far  as  said  officers 
are  necessary  under  the  laws,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided ; 
and  they  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  be  charged  with  the  same 
duties  that  would  otherwise  devolve  by  law  upon  such  officers  in 
said  town. 

Sec.  215.  The  consolidation  act  of  1897  being  adopted  by  a 
majority  of  the  votes  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section 
27  of  said  act,  all  property  belonging"  to  the  town  of  New  Haven 
prior  to  the  seventh  day  of  December,  1897,  shall  be  and  is  vested 
in  the  corporation  of  the  city  of  New  Haven.  Said  city  shall  have 
full  authority  and  power  to  collect  for  its  own  use  all  town  taxes 
and  all  other  moneys  which  may  be  due  to  said  town  and  unpaid, 
when  this  act  goes  into  effect ;  and  said  city  is  hereby  made  liable 
for  all  debts  which,  except  for  this  act,  might  at  any  time  be 
enforced  against  said  town. 


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Sec.  216.  The  aldermen  or  councilnien  representing  the  thir- 
teenth, fourteenth,  and  fifteenth  wards  of  said  city  shall  not  vote, 
either  as  a  member  of  either  of  said  boards,  or  as  a  member  of  a 
committee  of  either  of  said  boards,  upon  any  question  pending 
before  either  of  said  boards  in  which  their  wards  have  no  right  or 
interest  until  their  respective  wards  shall  have  come  under  full 
jurisdiction  of  the  city  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  section  218  of 
this  act. 

Sec.  217.  No  property  in  the  thirteenth,  fourteenth,  and  fif- 
teenth wards  of  said  city  shall  receive  any  service,  protection,  or 
improvements  from  the  g-overnment  of  said  city  except  such  as 
were,  prior  to  December,  1897,  furnished  by  the  town  of  New 
Haven;  and  none  of  such  property  shall  be  subject  to  burdens  by 
assessment,  taxation,  or  otherwise,  for  sidewalks,  curbing,  sewers, 
or  any  other  public  work  which  can  be  properly  described  by  the 
term  "city  improvements,"  except  such  as  might  have  been  laid 
or  enforced  by  the  town  of  New  Haven  or  by  the  selectmen  of  the 
town  of  New  Haven.  None  of  said  property  shall  be  taxed  by  said 
city  more  than  four  mills  on  the  dollar,  exclusive  of  the  school  tax; 
and  none  of  the  oyster  grounds  in  New  Haven  harbor  not  in  state 
jurisdiction,  which  have  not  heretofore  been  subject  to  city  tax- 
ation, shall  be  taxed  more  than  four  mills  on  the  dollar. 

The  provisions  of  this  section,  except  those  relating  to  taxation 
of  oyster  ground,  shall  not  apply  to  any  ward  which  may  be 
brought  under  the  full  jurisdiction  of  the  city  in  accordance  witli 
the  provisions  of  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  section  218  of 
this  act. 

Sec.  218.  Whenever  one  hundred  electors  of  said  city,  residing 
in  any  one  of  the  said  thirteenth,  fourteenth,  or  fifteenth  wards, 
shall  petition  the  court  of  common  council  of  said  city  that  the 
ward  in  which  they  reside  may  be  brought  under  the  full  jurisdic- 
tion of  said  city,  so  that  the  persons  and  property  within  said  ward 
may  secure  from  the  government  of  said  city  the  same  benefits  and 
be  subject  to  the  same  obligations  as  persons  and  property  within 
the  original  twelve  wards  of  said  city,  said  court  of  common  coun- 
cil, after  due  hearing,  may  fix  a  day  on  which  all  legal  voters 
residing  within  the  limits  of  said  ward  may  vote  upon  the  question 
whether  they  are  in  favor  of  or  opposed  to  said  petition.  And  if 
on  said  day  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  within  said  ward  shall  be 
found  in  favor  of  having  said  petition  granted,  said  court  of  com- 


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nion  council  shall  grant  the  same  and  make  an  order  that  the  said 
ward  shall  thereafter  be  and  remain  under  the  full  jurisdiction  of 
said  city,  and  such  order  shall  have  the  same  force  and  effect  as  if 
it  formed  a  part  of  this  act. 

Sec.  219.  All  powers  and  duties  of  the  town  of  New  Haven, 
and  all  powers  and  duties  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  New 
Haven,  not  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  act,  shall  hereafter 
devolve  upon  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  be  exercised  and  dis- 
charged in  such  manner  and  by  such  agents  or  officials  as  the  court 
of  common  council  shall  order. 

Sec.  220.  Hereafter  no  town  meeting  shall  be  held  in  the  town 
of  New  Haven  except  for  the  election  of  town  officers. 

Sec.  221.  All  city  ordinances  now  in  force  and  effect,  and  all 
city  ordinances  hereafter  enacted  by  the  court  of  common  council 
of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  except  those  controlling  the  matter 
specified  in  section  217,  shall  be  of  full  force  and  effect  in  all  the 
fifteen  wards  of  said  city. 

Sec.  222.  Whenever  any  vacancy  shall  occur  in  any  office 
required  by  sections  200  to  221  inclusive  of  this  act,  before  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  such  office,  said  vacancy  shall,  within 
thirty  days  thereafter,  be  filled  for  the  remainder  of  the  unexpired 
term  by  choosing  a  new  officer  in  the  same  manner  in  which  the 
last  incumbent  of  said  office  was  chosen. 

Sec.  223.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  abolish  the 
Westville  school  district,  or  the  South  school  district,  or  the  borough 
of  Fair  Haven  East,  or  as  abridging  their  respective  jurisdictions 
over  all  portions  of  their  respective  territories  until  the  inhabitants 
thereof  shall  have  come  under  the  full  jurisdiction  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  provisions  of  section 
218  of  this  act. 

Sec.  224.  All  officers  of  said  city  in  office  when  this  act  takes 
effect  shall  continue  to  hold  office  for  the  terms  for  which  they 
were  appointed  or  elected,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  are  hereby 
invested  with  the  powers  conferred  by  this  act  and  the  powers  and 
duties  conferred  upon  them  by  the  general  laws  of  this  state  not 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  225.  The  court  of  common  council  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  shall  appoint  agents  of  the  town  deposit  fund  of  New 
Haven,  who  shall  perform  all  duties  and  have  all  the  powers  con- 
ferred upon  agents  of  town  deposit  funds  appointed  by  towns. 


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Sec.  226.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act,  and  all  acts  or  parts  of 
acts,  public  or  private,  inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed 
so  far  as  the  efifect  upon  this  act  is  concerned ;  but  no  acts  hitherto 
repealed  shall  be  revived  by  such  repeal. 

This  act  shall  not  repeal  any  provisions  in  the  resolutions  of  the 
general  assembly  approved  Jwly  1,  1895,  concerning  street  pave- 
ments and  bonds,  and  amendments  thereto,  or  the  act  concerning' 
the  establishment  of  a  public  hospital  for  contagious  diseases, 
approved  June  28,  1893. 

No  rights,  prvileges,  or  immunities  vested  in  said  city  or  in  any 
person  against  said  city  shall  be  deemed  to  be  impaired  by  such 
repeal,  and  all  actions  brought  against  said  city  or  prosecutions  for 
the  breach  of  any  ordinance  or  by-law,  shall  be  proceeded  with  as 
though  this  act  had  not  been  passed.  All  ofifenses  committed  or 
penalties  incurred  shall  be  prosecuted  as  though  this  act  had  not 
been  passed.  Said  repeal  shall  not  afifect  any  act  done  or  right 
allowed  unless  by  law  otherwise  provided. 

All  lawful  city  ordinances  and  any  regulations  or  by-laws  of  said 
city  in  force  and  not  inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  continued  in 
efifect  until  the  same  shall  be  duly  amended  by  competent  author- 
ities ;  provided,  that  all  such  ordinances,  regulations,  and  by-laws 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  and  hereby  are  amended,  so  as  to  confer 
upon  the  proper  officers  and  boards  the  power  and  authority  and 
duties  that  are  hereby  conferred  or  imposed  upon  them. 

Sec.  227.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  2,  1899. 

Approved,  June  20,  1899. 


APPENDIX. 


APPENDIX. 


SPECIAL   ACXS 


RELATING  TO 


New  Haven  and  New  Haven  Harbor. 


An  Act  to  Establish  a  Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners  for 
New  Haven  Harbor. 

Section  1.  The  governor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
senate,  shall  before  the  first  day  of  July  next,  appoint  five  compe- 
tent persons,  resident  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  or  in  the  town  of 
East  Haven,  who  shall  constitute  a  board  of  harbor  commissioners 
for  New  Haven  harbor,  and  who  shall  hold  their  offices  from  the 
dates  of  their  respective  appointments,  and  for  the  terms  of  one, 
two,  three,  four,  and  five  years,  respectively,  from  the  first  day  of 
July  next,  the  term  of  each  to  be  designated  at  the  time  of  his 
appointment.  The  governor  shall,  in  like  manner,  before  the  first 
day  of  July  in  every  year  after  this  year,  appoint  a  commissioner 
to  continue  in  office  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  said  day ;  and 
in  case  of  any  vacancy  occurring  in  the  board,  by  resignation,  or 
otherwise,  shall,  in  the  same  manner,  appoint  a  commissioner  for 
the  residue  of  the  term,  and  may  in  the  same  manner  remove  a 
commissioner;  provided,  that  in  case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  when 
the  general  assembly  is  not  in  session,  the  governor  alone  shall 
have  power  to  fill  such  vacancy,  but  the  commissioner  so  appointed 
shall  hold  office  only  until  the  next  session  of  the  general  assembly, 
and  until  his  successor  is  appointed,  unless  confirmed  by  the  senate. 

Sec.  2.  Said  board  of  harbor  commissioners  shall  have  the 
general  care  and  supervision  of  New  Haven  harbor  and  its  tide- 


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waters,  and  of  all  the  flats  and  lands  flowed  thereby,  in  order  to 
prevent  and  remove  unauthorized  encroachments  and  causes  of 
every  kind  which  are  liable  to  interfere  with  the  full  navigation  of 
said  harbor,  or  in  any  way  injure  its  channels,  or  cause  any  reduc- 
tion of  its  tide-waters.  They  may,  from  time  to  time,  make  such 
surveys,  examinations,  and  observations  as  they  may  deem  neces- 
sary, in  said  harbor,  for  said  purpose,  and  employ  for  these  pur- 
poses competent  engineers,  and  also  employ  such  clerical  and 
other  assistance  as  they  may  think  necessary.  They  shall  have  an 
office  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  where  the  maps,  charts,  and  plans 
connected  with  said  harbor,  records  of  all  their  doings,  and  all 
documents  relating  to  their  business  shall  be  kept. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board  of  harbor 
commissioners  the  public  good  requires,  they  may  proceed  to  pre- 
scribe harbor  lines  in  said  harbor,  beyond  which  no  wharf,  pier,  or 
other  structure  shall  be  extended  into  said  harbor,  and  shall  report 
the  same  for  the  consideration  of  the  general  assembly  at  its  next 
session :  provided,  hozvever,  that  said  commissioners,  before  draw- 
ing any  such  line,  shall  appoint  a  convenient  time  and  place  for  the 
hearing  of  all  persons  interested,  and  shall  give  notice  thereof  by 
publication  two  weeks  successively  in  two  or  more  newspapers  pub- 
lished in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  the  first  publication  to  be  at  least 
twenty  days  before  the  time  of  hearing. 

Sec.  4.  All  persons  whatsoever  contemplating  the  building  over 
said  harbor  and  tide-waters,  any  bridge,  wharf,  pier  or  dam,  or  the 
filling  any  flats,  or  the  driving  any  piles  below  high  water  mark, 
shall,  before  beginning  it,  give  written  notice  to  said  commissioners 
of  the  work  they  intend  to  do,  and  submit  plans  of  any  proposed 
wharf  or  other  structure,  and  of  the  flats  to  be  filled,  and  of  the 
mode  in  which  the  work  is  to  be  performed ;  and  no  such  work 
shall  be  commenced  until  the  plan  and  mode  of  performing  the 
same  shall  be  approved  in  writing  by  a  majority  of  said  commis- 
sioners. And  the  said  commissioners  shall  have  power  to  alter 
the  said  plans  at  their  discretion,  and  to  prescribe  the  direction, 
limits,  and  mode  of  building  the  wharves  and  other  structures,  and 
all  such  works  shall  be  executed  under  the  supervision  of  said  com- 
missioners. 

Sec.  5.  The  amount  of  tide-water  displaced  by  any  structure 
or  filling  of  flats  hereafter  authorized  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  ascer- 


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tained  by  said  conimissioneVs,  and  they  shall,  in  all  cases  affecting 
said  New  Haven  harbor,  if  they  shall  deem  it  necessary,  require 
the  parties  making  the  same  to  make  compensation  therefor,  either 
by  excavating  in  some  part  of  said  harbor,  including  tide-water 
channels  between  high  and  low  water  mark,  to  such  an  extent  as 
to  create  a  basin  for  as  much  tide-water  as  may  be  displaced  by 
such  structure  or  filling  of  flats,  and  the  same  shall  be  done  under 
the  direction  of  said  commissioners,  or  by  paying  in  lieu  of  per- 
forming the  work  of  dredging  to  restore  the  displaced  tide-water 
a  sufficient  sum  of  money  for  making  such  compensation,  or  by 
improving  the  harbor  in  any  other  mode  t-o  the  satisfaction  of  said 
commissioners ;  and  all  moneys  thus  paid  shall  be  paid  into  the 
treasury  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  be  reserved  as  a  compen- 
sation fund  for  said  harbor,  and  used  for  that  purpose  under  the 
direction  of  said  commissioners :  provided,  that  all  dredging  made 
for  purposes  of  such  compensation  for  displaced  tide-water  shall 
in  no  wise  injure  any  existing  channels,  but  as  far  as  practicable 
shall  be  directed  toward  their  permanent  improvement. 

Sec.  6.  Any  erection  or  work  hereafter  made  in  any  manner 
not  sanctioned  by  said  commissioners,  where  their  direction  is 
required,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  within  tide-waters  flowing  into 
or  through  said  harbor  shall  be  deeriied,  and  is  hereby  declared  to 
be,  a  public  nuisance.  Said  commissioners  shall  have  power  to 
order  suits  in  the  name  of  the  state  to  prevent  or  stop,  by  injunc- 
tion or  otherwise,  any  such  erection,  or  other  nuisance  in  the  tide- 
waters flowing  into  or  through  said  harbor,  and  such  suits  shall  be 
conducted  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the  city  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  7.  Said  commissioners  are  authorized  and  empowered, 
whenever  they  deem  it  necessary,  to  apply  to  Congress  for  appro- 
priations for  protecting  and  improving  said  harbor. 

Sec.  8.  All  expenses  incurred  by  said  commissioners  shall  be 
paid  by  the  city  of  New  Haven  in  the  same  manner  as  is  now  pro- 
vided in  the  charter  of  said  city  for  the  payment  of  other  claims 
and  accounts,  but  no  contracts  shall  be  made,  and  no  acts  done  by 
said  commissioners  which  involve  the  payment  of  any  money  from 
the  treasury  of  said  city,  except  as  herein  provided,  without  an 
appropriation  expressly  made  for  that  purpose  by  the  court  of  com- 
mon council  of  said  city. 

Sec.  9.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act  New  Haven  harbor  shall 
be  held  to   include  all  those  lands   over  which   the   tide   ebbs   and 


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flows,  lyings  northerly  of  a  line  drawn  from  the  southerly  limit  of 
Oyster  River  Point,  upon  the  westerly  side  of  said  harhor,  as  laid 
down  upon  the  chart  of  said  harbor,  published  in  the  year  1846, 
by  the  United  States  coast  survey,  thence  easterly  to  Ludington 
Rock,  so-called,  and  thence  to  the  point  called  South  End,  upon 
the  easterly  side  of  said  harbor,'  as  laid  down  upon  said  map ;  pro- 
vided, that  the  provisions  contained  in  the  fourth  and  fifth  sections 
of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  that  portion  of  said  harbor  lying 
southerly  of  a  line  drawn  from  a  point  two  hundred  feet  southerly 
from  Oyster  Point,  so-called,  thence  easterly  across  said  harbor  to 
the  signal  station  of  the  United  States  coast  survey  upon  Crane's 
Bar,  so-called :  and  provided  further,  that  the  provisions  contained 
in  said  sections  shall  not  apply  to  any  wharf  already  commenced 
upon  the  easterly  side  of  said  harbor,  between  said  Crane's  Bar 
and  the  easterly  abutment  of  Tomlinson's  bridge,  so-called. 

Sec.  10.  Nothing  contained  in  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
act  shall  be  construed  to  authorize  or  empower  said  commissioners 
to  grant  or  convey  to  any  person  or  persons  any  right  or  title  in  or 
to  any  of  the  tide-water  flats  of  said  harbor. 

Sec.  11.     This  act  shall  take  efifect  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  June  27,  1872. 

State  vs.  Sargent  &  Co.,  45  Conn.,  358. 


An  Act  providing  that  one  Member  of  the  Board  of  Har- 
bor Commissioners  for  New  Haven  Harbor  shall  reside 
IN  West  Haven,  and  increasing  the  number  to  Six,  etc. 

Sec.  1.  Section  first  of  chapter  sixty-first  of  the  Special  Acts 
and  Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly,  May  Session,  1872, 
being  an  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  establish  a  Board  of  Harbor 
Commissioners  for  New  Haven  Harbor,"  is  hereby  amended  so 
that  the  number  of  harbor  commissioners  for  New  Haven  harbor 
shall  consist  of  six,  one  of  whom  shall  always  be  a  resident  of  the 
borough  of  West  Haven,  in  the  town  of  Orange,  and  shall  be 
appointed,  and  his  place,  in  case  of  vacancy  for  any  cause,  or  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  filled  as  provided  in  said  act ; 
said  sixth  commissioner  shall  be  first  appointed  at  this  general 
assembly,  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  five  years,  from  the  first  day 
of  July,  A.  D.  1874. 


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Sec.  2.  Sections  fourth  and  fifth  of  said  act  are  hereby  made 
appHcable  to  that  part  of  New  Haven  harbor,  as  defined  in  said 
act,  which  is  known  as  West  Haven  harbor. 

Sec.  3.  Provided,  however,  that  all  the  expense  of  removing 
unauthorized  encroachments  and  causes  of  every  kind,  which  are 
liable  to  interfere  w'ith  the  full  navigation  of  said  West  Haven 
harbor,  or  in  any  way  injure  its  channels,  or  cause  any  reduction  of 
its  tide-waters,  shall  be  paid  only  by  "The  warden,  burgesses,  and 
freemen  of  the  borough  of  West  Haven,"  which  corporation  is 
hereby  authorized  to  pay  such  expenses :  provided,  that  at  a  legally 
warned  meeting  of  the  freemen  of  said  borough,  held  for  that 
purpose,  said  borough  shall  decide  to  pay  such  expense. 

Sec.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved.  July  17,  1874. 

Abstracts  from   General  Statutes  relating  to  New^   Haven 

Harbor. 

Sec.  4770.  Obstructions  in  New  Haven  Harbor.  Whenever 
any  person  shall  place  any  obstruction  or  erect  any  structure  in 
New  Haven  harbor,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  board  of  harbor 
commissioners  for  said  harbor,  contrary  to  the  order  or  without  the 
consent  of  said  board,  said  board  may  order  such  person  to  remove 
such  obstruction  or  structure,  and  in  case  lie  shall  fail  to  do  so 
within  such  time  as  said  board  shall  fix,  said  board  may  remove  the 
same  and  collect  the  expense  of  such  removal  from  the  person 
responsible  for  such  obstruction  or  structure ;  but  the  right  of 
appeal  given  in  Sec.  4772  shall  apply  to  and  stay  any  order  made 
by  said  board  under  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  4471.  Wharfing  Out  Restricted.  No  wharf,  pier,  or 
other  structure  shall  be  built  or  extended  between  Tomlinson  bridge 
and  Long  Wharf  in  New  Haven  harbor,  into  or  over  tide  water 
beyond  the  harbor  line.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  authorize  the 
construction  or  extension  of  any  wharf,  pier  or  other  structure 
between  said  bridge  and  said  wharf  in  said  harbor. 

Sec.  4772.  Appeal  from  New  Haven  Harbor  Commissioners. 
Any  party  aggrieved  by  any  act  of  the  board  of  harbor  commis- 
sioners for  NeW'  Haven  harbor,  in  reference  to  the  building  over 
said  harbor  and  its  tide-w^aters,  of  any  bridge,  wharf,  pier,  or  dam, 
or  the  filling  of  an_\-  flats  or  driving  of  any  piles  below  high-water 


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mark,  or  in  rcfcTcncc  to  the  niak'in_G;  of  compensation  for  the  (hs- 
placement  of  the  tide-water  of  said  liarlior,  ma}-  make  written  ap- 
plication for  relief  to  the  superior  court  to  he  held  in  and  for  New 
Haven  county  at  its  session  next  after  the  doings  of  the  act  hy  wliich 
he  claims  to  be  aggrieved;  provided,  that  he  shall  give  notice  to 
said  board  of  such  application,  by  causing  a  copy  thereof  to  be  left 
with  the  clerk  of  said  board,  or  at  his  usual  place  of  abode,  before 
the  commencement  of  said  session  of  said  court,  and  within  thirty 
days  after  the  doing  of  the  act  by  which  he  claims  to  be  aggrieved. 
Said  court  may,  by  committee  or  otherwise,  inquire  into  the  al- 
legations of  such  application,  and  may  confirm,  annul,  or  modify  the 
action  of  said  board,  or  make  such  order  in  the  premises  as  equity 
may  require,  and  may  award  costs  at  its  discretion. 

Sec.  4473.  Dumping  in  Harbors  Prohibited.  Every  person 
who  shall  deposit  any  substance  except  oyster  shells  in  New  Haven 
harbor,  or  off  its  mouth  within  two  miles  of  Southwest  ledge  light- 
house, or  in  Bridgeport  harbor  or  off  its  mouth  within  three  hundred 
feet  outside  of  the  outer  bar,  so-called,  or  in  the  waters  adjacent  to 
said  harbor  below  Yellow  and  Old  Mill  bridges,  or  in  Stamford 
harbor,  or  off  its  mouth  inside  of  a  direct  line  drawn  from  Captain's 
island  light,  off  Greenwich,  to  the  buoy  on  Old  Cow  reef  off  Shippan 
point,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  five  hundred 
dollars,  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  six  months,  or  both ;  but  this , 
section  shall  not  prevent  the  owners  of  land  adjacent  to  said  harbors 
from  building  wharves  therein. 

Sec.  4774.  Jurisdiction  of  Offenses.  The  city  court  of  New 
Haven,  and  any  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  towns  of  New  Haven 
and  East  Haven,  shall  have  cognizance  of  all  complaints  for  viola- 
tions of  Section  4773  in  New  Haven  harbor  or  vicinity ;  and  the 
city  court  of  Bridgeport  and  any  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  towns 
of  Bridgeport  and  Stratford  shall  have  cognizance  of  all  complaints 
for  violations  thereof  in  Bridgeport  harbor.  The  city  court  of 
Stamford  shall  have  cognizance  of  all  complaints  thereof  in  Stam- 
ford harbor. 

An  y\cT  Establishing  Harbor  Lines  in  New  Haven  Harbor. 

Sec.  1.  No  wharf,  pier,  or  other  structure  shall  be  extended 
into  or  over  tide-water  in  those  portions  of  New  Haven  harbor 
hereinafter    described    beyond    the    lines    hereinafter    defined,    viz. : 


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Commencing'  at  a  point  in  the  harbor  Hne  estabhshed  in  1878,  four 
hundred  feet  perpendicularly  distant  easterly  from  the  easterly 
face  of  Canal  wharf,  so-called ;  thence  running  northwesterly, 
parallel  with  the  easterly  face  of  said  Canal  wharf,  about  sixteen 
hundred  and  fifty-four  feet,  to  the  southerly  line  of  Brewery 
street,  about  four  hundred  and  fourteen  feet,  to  the  easterly  face 
of  said  Canal  wharf,  so-called ;  thence  southeasterly  along  the  face 
of  said  Canal  wharf,  fifteen  hundred  and  fifty-one  feet,  to  its  inter- 
section w^ith  said  harbor  line  established  in  1878. 

Sec.  2.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  give 
authority  to  any  person  or  persons  to  extend  or  construct  a  wharf, 
pier,  or  other  structure  in  those  portions  of  New  Haven  harbor 
above  described. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage,  and  shall  not 
aflfect  any  suit  now  pending. 

Approved,  April  30,  1895. 


An  Act  giving  City  of  New  Haven  Authority  to  Establish 

Public  Wharves. 

Sec.  1.  The  court  of  common  council  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  shall  have  authority  to  make,  alter,  and  repeal  ordinances 
to  provide  for  laying  out.  grading,  discontinuing,  altering,  estab- 
lishing, and  making  public  wharves,  public  landing  places,  and 
public  slips,  below  high-water  mark  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  and  to  provide  for  the  protection  of  all  sewers  and 
sewer  outlets  which  are  or  may  be  constructed  below  high-water 
mark  within  the  limits  of  said  city  ;  and  for  the  aforesaid  purposes, 
said  court  of  common  council  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  extend  any  highway  or  highways  within  said  city  upon  or  across 
the  flats  of  New  Haven  harbor,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
board  of  harbor  commissioners  for  New  Haven  harbor,  whenever 
and  in  whatever  direction,  in  the  opinion  of  said  court  of  common 
council,  the  public  good  may  require. 

Sec.  2.  The  board  of  public  works  of  the  said  city  shall  have 
the  same  powers  and  duties  in  respect  to  the  layout,  construction, 
management,  and  control  of  such  extension  of  highways  as  it  now 
has  in  respect  to  existing  highways  within  the  limits  of  said  city. 


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Sec.  3.  Said  city  may  take  and  occupy  so  much  of  the  flats  of 
New  Haven  harbor  lying  below  high-water  mark  as  may  be  neces- 
sary for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  in  the  same  manner  as  is  now  pro- 
vided in  the  charter  of  said  city,  for  taking  land  for  a  highway, 
and,  in  all  such  cases,  damages  and  benefits  may  be  assessed  in  the  i 
same  manner  and  upon  the  same  notices  as  is  now  provided  in  said 
charter  for  such  assessments  in  the  case  of  land  taken  for  a  highway. 

Sec.  4.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  June  13.  1895. 

An  Act  Authorizing  the  City  of  New  Haven  to  Issue 
Street  Pavement  Bonds. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  court  of  common  council  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  be  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  by  a  concur- 
rent vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  each  branch  of  said 
court,  present  and  absent,  subject  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  of 
the  mayor  of  said  city,  as  provided  in  the  charter  of  the  city,  to 
issue,  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal  and  upon  the  credit  of 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  bonds  or  other  certificates  of  debt,  which 
bonds  shall  be  denominated  street  pavement  bonds  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven ;  the  amount  of  said  pavement  bonds  issued  under  this 
act  shall  not  exceed  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  the  same, 
or  the  avails  thereof,  when  sold  as  hereinafter  authorized,  shall  be 
appropriated  by  said  court  of  common  council  to  the  payment  of 
any  expense  incurred  by  said  city,  in  the  original  construction  in 
said  city  of  new  and  so-called  permanent  pavements ;  but  no  por- 
tion of  said  bonds  or  avails  shall  be  used  for  any  other  purpose 
whatsoever.  Any  avails  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  may  be  tempo- 
rarily borrowed  by  the  city,  as  provided  in  section  eighty-seven  of 
city  ordinances,  for  the  purpose  of  meeting  current  expenses  of  the 
city ;  provided,  said  temporary  loans  shall  not  in  any  way  interfere 
with  the  use  of  said  funds  for  the  purpose  of  permanent  pavements, 
nor  shall  any  loan  be  made  from  said  funds  for  a  period  of  more 
than  four  current  months.  Of  the  bonds  issued  at  any  time  by 
said  city  one-quarter  shall  be  payable  five  years  from  date,  one- 
quarter  ten  years  from  date,  one-quarter  fifteen  years  from  date,  and 
one-quarter  twenty  years  from  date.  Said  bonds  shall  be  prepared, 
signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  the  said  court  of  com- 
mon council  may  determine,  and  they  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate 


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not  exceeding  four  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually, 
and  may  be  sold  from  time  to  time  under  tbe  direction  of  the 
mayor  and  board  of  finance  of  said  city.  And  said  bonds  or  cer- 
tificates, when  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  obligatory  upon  the  said 
city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  and  may  be  enforced 
and  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  that  debts 
contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this  state  are  enforced. 

Sec.  2.  All  pavements  laid  by  authority  of  this  act  shall  be 
laid  upon  the  credit  of  said  city,  and  under  the  direction  and  con- 
trol of  its  common  council,  and  said  city  shall  have  power  to  collect 
a  part  of  the  costs  of  such  pavements  from  the  persons  and  parties, 
and  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided,  to  wit:  On  all  streets  or 
parts  of  streets  upon  which  abutting-  land  owners  have  never  paid 
the  city  any  assessment  for  a  pavement,  such  land  owners  on  each 
side  of  such  streets,  or  parts  of  streets,  shall  be  assessed  and  shall 
severally  pay  to  the  city  the  cost  of  one  square  yard  of  such  pave- 
ment as  shall  be  laid  for  every  foot  of  such  abutting  land.  On  all 
streets  or  parts  of  streets  upon  which  abutting  land  owners  have 
paid  to  the  city  assessments  for  payments  heretofore  laid,  such 
land  owners  on  each  side  of  such  streets  or  parts  of  streets  shall  be 
assessed  and  shall  severally  pay  to  the  city  the  cost  of  three  and 
one-half  square  feet  of  such  pavement  as  shall  be  laid  for  every 
front  foot  of  abutting  land,  and  all  public  abutting  land  shall  be 
assessed  at  the  same  rate  as  like  private  abutting  land,  hereinbefore 
described.  In  all  streets  occupied  by  the  track,  or  tracks,  of  any 
railway  company,  or  companies,  said  company  or  companies  shall 
be  assessed  and  shall  severally  pay  to  the  city  the  cost  of  paving 
and  repaving  the  full  length,  and  nine  feet  wide  for  each  and  every 
line  of  track  of  such  railway  or  railways,  now  existing,  or  that  may 
hereafter  be  laid  in  any  street  of  said  city.  All  such  assessments 
on  the  hereinbefore  described  abutting  land  owners  and  railway 
companies  shall  be  payable  at  such  time  or  times  as  may  be  deter- 
mined by  the  court  of  common  council.  All  the  cost  of  such  pave- 
ments, as  may  be  laid  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  above  the 
costs  collectible  from  the  abutting  land  owners  and  the  railway 
companies,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  paid  by  the  city, 
which  shall  have  and  own  all  materials  removed  when  old  pave- 
ments are  reconstructed  or  repaired,  and  all  collections  from  said 
abutting  land  owners,  said  railways,  all  the  premiums  on  said  bonds 
and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  such  old  materials,  shall  be  added 


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to  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  said  bonds  to  be  used  cxchisivcly  for 
the  construction  of  said  permanent  pavements. 
Approved,  July  1.  1895. 

Extending  the  Power  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  under 
THE  Resolution  approved  July  1,  1895,  Authorizing  the 
City  of  New  Haven  to  Issue  Street  Pavement  Bonds. 

Sec.  1.  That  tlie  city  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  expend  the  proceeds  of  the  street  pavement  bonds 
authorized  by  the  resolution  of  this  assembly,  approved  July  1, 
1895,  in  payment  of  all  sums  of  money  due  under  any  contract 
entered  into  by  said  city  for  the  construction  of  new  and  so-called 
permanent  pavements,  although  said  contracts  shall  include  a  clause 
by  the  party  contracting-  to  build  said  pavements,  to  keep  the  same 
in  repair  for  any  period  of  years  not  exceeding  fifteen. 

Sec.  2.  In  estimating  the  cost  of  each  square  yard  to  be  assessed 
against  the  persons  and  railroad  companies  mentioned  in  section 
two  of  said  resolution,  the  entire  cost  of  laying  the  pavement,  and 
the  agreement  to  keep  said  pavement  in  repair  for  a  period  not 
exceeding  fifteen  years,  shall  be  considered. 

Approved,    March   24,    1897. 

An  Act  concerning  Permanent  Pavements  in  the  City  of 

New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  The  board  of  finance  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall 
annually  assess  upon  the  grand  list  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  mill 
on  the  dollar  for  the  paving  of  streets,  and  the  receipts  from  said 
assessments,  and  from  all  other  assessments  resulting  from  the  con- 
struction of  street  pavements  herein  provided  for,  shall  only  be  ex- 
pended in  payment  for  the  original  construction  of  pavements  herein 
enumerated. — As  amended  by  act  approved  April   17,   1901. 

Sec.  2.  Benefits  and  damages  shall  be  laid  under  the  control  of 
the  court  of  common  council  and  assessed  by  the  bureau  of  com- 
pensation of  the  city,  as  provided  in  the  charter  of  said  city,  for  or 
against  all  owners  of  property  abutting  upon  or  adjoining  the 
streets  on  which  such  pavements  are  constructed ;  which  assessment 
for  such  benefits  shall  not  exceed  per  lineal  foot  of  frontage  seventy- 
five   cents   for   dimension  granite  block  pavement,   sixty   cents   for 


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asphalt  pavement,  fifty  cents  for  vitrified  brick  pavement,  and 
twenty  cents  for  crushed  stone  pavement,  if  said  bureau  shall  find 
that  the  property  is  benefited  to  at  least  that  amount ;  provided, 
hozi.'ez'cr,  that  no  assessment  shall  be  laid  unless  the  granite  block, 
asphalt,  and  vitrified  brick  pavements  shall  each  be  provided  with 
not  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness  of  concrete  cement  foundation. 
As  amended  by  act  approved  April  14,  1903. 

Sec.  3.  An  assessment  of  benefits  and  damag;es  to  be  laid  for 
the  pavements  already  constructed  and  laid  in  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  upon  Ashmun.  Orange,  Trumbull,  Wooster,  and  West 
Chapel  streets,  shall  be  laid  in  accordance  with  and  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  and  the  property  owners  shall  be  assessed  in 
accordance  therewith,  irrespective  as  to  whether  or  not  brick  gutters 
have  been  laid  on  said  streets. 

Sec.  4.  All  pavements  laid  under  the  authority  of  this  act  shall 
be  laid  upon  the  credit  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  and  under  the 
direction  of  its  court  of  common  council ;  and  said  assessments  shall 
be  collectible  and  payable,  and  liens  laid  to  secure  the  same,  at  the 
same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  as  are  the  taxes  upon  the  grand 
list  of  said  city. 

Sec.  5.  Any  party  or  parties  who  shall  be  aggrieved  by  any  as- 
sessment laid  against  them  under  this  act  shall  have  the  right  to  ap- 
peal to  the  superior  court  therefrom,  as  provided  for  in  section 
eighty-seven  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  passed  by  the 
general  assembly  at  its  January  session,  1897. 

Sec.  6.  This  act  shall  be  regarded  as  an  amendment  to  the 
charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts 
inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  7.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  city  of 
New  Haven  from  issuing  bonds  for  street  pavements  in  accordance 
with  the  power  conferred  by  chapter  389,  special  laws  of  1895. 

Sec.  8.  This  act  shall  not  affect  the  liability  of  street  railway 
companies  under  the  general  laws.' — Approved  April  28,  1899. 

Establishing    a    Paving    Commission    in    the    City    of    New 

Haven. 

Section  1.  Section  one  of  an  act  establishing  a  paving  commis- 
sion in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  approved  April  17.  1901,  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :     There  shall  be  in  the  citv  of  New 


—  1  OS- 
Haven  a  commission  on  permanent  j)avements  consistinc^  of  five  citi- 
zens of  New  Haven,  to  be  api)ointe(l  by  tlie  mayor  dnrinc:  tlie  month 
of  June,  1901,  none  of  whom  shall  hold  any  other  office  in  the 
government  of  said  cit}-  or  be  interested  in  the  business  of  furnishinjy 
paving-  material  or  of  laying  pavements ;  one  of  the  citizens  to  be 
named  by  the  mayor  shall  be  appointed  for  a  term  of  five  years, 
one  for  a  term  of  four  years,  one  for  a  term  of  three  years,  one  for 
a  term  of  two  years,  and  one  for  a  term  of  one  year  from  the  first 
day  of  July,  1901.  During  each  month  of  June  thereafter  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of  said  commission  who  shall  hold 
ofifice  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  first  day  of  July  next  suc- 
ceeding his  appointment.  The  members  of  said  commission  shall 
serve  without  pay.  At  no  time  shall  more  than  three  members  of 
said  commission  be  of  the  same  political  party. — As  amended  by 
act  approved  June  17,  1901. 

Sec,  2.  Said  commission  may,  if  it  deem  necessary,  and  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  board  of  finance,  employ  a  clerk  at  a 
salary  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  incur  any 
other  expense  subject  to  the  approval  of  said  board  of  finance, 
which  expense  shall  be  paid  by  the  city  of  New  Haven.  Said 
commission  shall  submit  an  estimate  of  its  expenses  annually  to 
the  board  of  finance,  on  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  October  in 
each  year. 

Sec.  3.  The  court  of  common  council  shall  order  upon  what 
streets  a  permanent  pavement  shall  be  laid. 

Sec.  4.  Said  commission  shall  determine  w^hat  kind  of  a  per- 
manent pavement  shall  be  laid  upon  the  streets  so  ordered  by  the 
board  of  common  council,  and  they  shall  make  contracts  therefor, 
in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  city  charter  and  ordinances,  and 
do  all  things  necessary  to  the  proper  construction  of  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  The  construction  of  said  permanent  pavements  shall 
be  superintended  by  the  city  engineer,  and  he  shall  prepare  plans 
and  specifications,  appoint  such  inspectors  as  he  may  deem  neces- 
sary, with  the  approval  of  said  commission,  and  perform  such 
other  services  as  the  commission  may  direct. 

Sec.  6.  All  permanent  pavements  ordered  by  the  court  of 
common  council,  but  not  contracted  for  at  the  time  that  the  said 
commission  is  appointed,  shall  come  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
act. 


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Sec.  7.  Assessments  for  the  expense  of  laying  such  pavements 
shall  be  made  as  provided  by  the  city  charter  and  ordinances. 

Sec.  8.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.     This  act  shall  take  efifect  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  April  17.   1901. 


An    Act    Authorizing   the    City    Court    of    New    Haven    to 
Appoint  Interpreters. 

The  city  court  of  New  Haven  may  appoint  interpreters  whose 
duty  shall  be  to  interpret  testimony  when  found  necessary,  and 
who  shall  receive  a  reasonable  compensation  to  be  fixed  by  said 
court. 

Approved,  July  9,  1895. 

An  Act  Providing  for  a  Stenographer  for  the  City  Court 

OF  New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  The  city  court  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  through  its  presiding  judge,  in  every  civil  action  pend- 
ing before  it,  to  appoint  or  call  in  some  suitable  and  competent 
stenographer  to  take  the  evidence  in  any  civil  action  pending  before 
it,  and  such  stenographer  so  appointed  or  called  in  by  the  presiding 
judge  shall  have  all  the  powers  of  and  the  evidence  taken  by  such 
stenographer  shall  have  the  same  effect,  and  be  evidence  to  the  same 
extent,  as  evidence  taken  by  the  official  stenographer  of  the  superior 
court. 

Sec.  2.  The  compensation  of  such  stenographer  shall  not  exceed 
ten  dollars  per  diem,  and  for  fractions  of  days  at  the  same  ratio; 
and  the  compensation  for  making  copies  shall  not  be  higher  than 
that  fixed  by  law  for  copies  made  by  the  official  stenographer  of  the 
superior  court. 

Sec.  3.  The  expenses  of  said  stenographer  shall  be  paid  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  other  court  expenses  of  maintaining  and 
carrying  on  the  business  of  said  court. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage,  and  shall 
affect  pending  actions. 

Approved,  February  25,   1897. 


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Authorizing  the  Ni:\v  Haven  City  School  District  to  Issue 

Bonds. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  hoard  of  education  of  the  New  Haven  city 
school  district  he  and  it  hereby  is  authorized  and  empowered,  from 
time  to  time,  as  said  district  at  any  legal  meeting  may  have  pro- 
vided, to  issue  coupon  or  registered  bonds  in  the  name  and  upon 
the  credit  of  said  district,  to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  bearing  interest  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  four  per 
centum  per  annum,  and  payable  at  such  times  as  said  board  may 
determine,  but  not  more  than  fifty  years  from  the  date  of  issue, 
and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  board  of  education  may 
direct.  Said  bonds  shall  be  issued  and  their  proceeds  used  only 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  existing  indebtedness  of  said  district 
at  the  time  of  said  issue,  and  for  the  purpose  of  erecting,  furnish- 
ing, and  equipping  a  new  high  school  building,  under  authority 
from  said  district ;  provided,  hozvever,  that  none  of  said  bonds 
shall  be  sold  at  any  time  at  less  than  their  par  value. 

Sec.  2.  In  the  event  of  the  consolidation  of  the  New  Haven 
city  school  district  with  the  city  of  New  Haven,  the  authority 
hereinbefore  given  is  hereby  conferred  upon  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  the  city  of  New  Haven ;  said  bonds  to  be  issued  in  the 
name  and  upon  the  credit  of  said  city  in  such  manner  as  may  be 
provided  by  law  for  the  execution  and  authentication  of  bonds 
issued  by  and  in  behalf  of  said  city,  and  said  bonds  shall  be  issued 
only  for  the  purposes  aforesaid.  The  board  of  finance  of  said 
city  shall  provide  for  the  payment  of  principal  and  interest  of  said 
bonds,  in  the  same  manner  provided  by  law  for  the  payment  of 
other  obligations  of  said  district. 

Approved,  March  23,  1897. 

Authorizing  the  City  of  New  Haven  to  Borrow  Money  for 
THE  Purpose  of  Building  a  Schoolhouse. 

Section  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  borrow  money,  at  such  times,  and  in  such 
amounts,  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand 
dollars,  and  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  approved  by  the  board  of 
finance  of  said  city,  for  the  building,  equipment,  and  furnishing  of 
a  new  schoolhouse  in  the  Webster  district,  within  the  New  Haven 


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city  school  district,  and  to  issue  a  note  or  notes  of  said  city  for  the 
sum  so  borrowed  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  2.  The  proceeds  of  such  loan  or  loans  shall  be  appropriated 
and  used  for  the  building  and  equipment  of  a  schoolhouse  in  said 
Webster  district  as  aforesaid,  and  may  be  expended  for  such  pur- 
pose in  accordance  with  appropriations  already  made  therefor. 

Sec.  3.  All  money  borrowed  under  authority  of  this  resolution 
and  any  and  all  notes  issued  therefor  as  aforesaid,  and  all  interest 
thereon,  shall  be  fully  paid  and  discharged  by  said  city  of  New 
Haven  out  of  money  raised  by  said  city  by  taxation  in  the  year  1906. 

Approved,  May  19,  1905.'  '     '        - 


An    Act    Authorizing    the    City    of    New    Haven    to    Issue 

Bridge  Bonds. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be,  and  the  same  hereby 
is,  authorized  and  empowered  to  issue  under  the  corporate  name 
and  seal,  and  upon  the  credit  of  said  city,  bonds  or  other  certifi- 
cates of  debt  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  whole  the  par 
value  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  which  bonds  shall  be 
denominated  bridge  bonds  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  the 
same  or  the  avails  thereof  when  sold  may  be  appropriated  by  said 
city,  by  the  vote  of  its  court  of  common  council,  to  the  payment  of 
any  expenses  incurred  by  said  city  in  the  construction  of  new 
bridges,  and  for  no  other  purposes. 

Sec.  2.  Said  bonds  may  be  issued  in  such  sums,  and  shall  be 
prepared,  signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  city 
by  its  court  of  common  council  may  determine;  shall  be  made 
payable  not  more  than  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue; 
shall  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  four  per  centum 
per  annum,  payable  semi-annually ;  and  may  be  sold  from  time  to 
time  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  said  city; 
and  said  bonds  or  certificates,  when  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
obligatory  upon  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes, 
and  may  be  enforced  and  collected"  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the 
same  extent  that  debts  contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this 
state  are  enforced. 

Approved,  July  1,  1895. 


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Authorizing  the  City  of  New  Haven  to  Issue  Bridge  Bonds, 

Sec.  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be  and  hereby  is  author- 
ized and  empowered  to  issue,  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal 
and  upon  the  credit  of  said  city,  bonds  or  other  certificates  of  debt 
to  an  amount  not  exceeing  in  the  whole  two  hundred  and  ninety 
thousand  dollars,  which  bonds  shall  be  denominated  bridge  bonds 
of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  the  same  or  the  avails  thereof, 
when  sold,  may  be  appropriated  by  said  city,  by  the  vote  of  its 
court  of  common  council,  to  the  payment  of  any  expenses  incurred 
by  said  city  in  the  construction  of  bridges  and  the  approaches 
thereto,  and  for  no  other  purposes. 

Sec.  2.  Said  bonds  may  be  issued  in  such  sums,  and  shall  be 
prepared,  signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner,  as  said  city  by 
its  court  of  common  council  may  determine ;  shall  be  made  payr 
able  not  more  than  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue ;  shall 
bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  four  per  centum  per 
annum,  payable  semi-annually  :  and  may  be  sold  from  time  to  time 
under  the  direction  of  the  mayor  and  aldermen  of  said  city ;  and 
said  bonds  or  certificates,  when  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  obliga- 
tory upon  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  and 
may  be  enforced  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same 
extent  that  debts  contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this  state 
are  enforced. 

Sec.  3.  None  of  the  bonds  issued  by  the  city  of  New  Haven 
under  the  authority  of  this  resolution  shall  be  sold  below  par. 

Approved,  March  24,  1897. 


An  Act  Relating  to  a  Bridge  over  West  River  in  the  Town 

OF  Orange. 

Sec.  1.  Whenever  the  United  States  government,  for  the  bene- 
fit of  commerce,  shall  order  a  new  bridge  over  the  main  channel 
of  West  river,  at  Kimberly  avenue,  in  the  town  of  Orange,  whether 
the  same  be  a  raised,  draw  or  lift  bridge,  or  such  changes  to  be 
made  in  the  existing  bridge  on  said  avenue  as  shall  require  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  bridge,  one-half  the  cost  of  such  bridge,  of  its 
construction  and  approaches,  and  of  its  maintenance,  shall  be  borne 
by  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  the  other  half  by  the  town  of 
Orange;  and  if  a  draw  or  lift  bridge  is  ordered,  the  cost  of  its 


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operation  shall  also  be  borne  equally  by  the  city  of  New  Haven 
and  the  town  of  Orange. 

Sec.  2.  Whenever  the  order  or  orders  contemplated  in  section 
one  of  this  act  shall  be  made  by  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  the  division  line  between  the  city  of  New  Haven  and  the 
town  of  Orange,  between  the  points  hereinafter  mentioned,  shall 
thereafter  be  as  follows :  commencing  at  a  point  in  the  center  of 
West  river  where  the  tracks  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad  Company  cross  the  same,  thence  extending 
southerly  along  the  center  of  the  main  channel  of  said  West  river 
until  it  is  intersected  by  a  line  running  from  a  point  of  the  beach 
in  New  Haven  harbor  north  eighty  degrees  west. 

Sec.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  here- 
by repealed.  ♦ 

x'\pproved,  June  12,  1897. 

Pkovidixg  for  Drainage  in  the  Town  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  The  town  of  New  Haven,  acting  by  and  through  the 
board  of  selectmen  thereof,  is  authorized  and  empowered  within 
the  limits  of  said  town  to  take,  acquire,  appropriate,  and  hold  for 
the  purposes  of  drainage  and  sewerage,  and  to  protect  and  preserve 
the  public  health,  at  such  times  and  in  such  manner  as  the  public 
health  in  the  opinion  of  said  board  of  selectmen  may  require,  real 
and  personal  property,  and  any  and  all  streams  and  water-courses, 
natural  and  artificial,  or  any  portion  thereof,  and  any  rights  con- 
nected therewith,  may  also  raise,  fill  up,  and  drain  low  grounds, 
may  deepen,  clear  out,  alter  and  straighten  said  streams  and  water- 
courses, remove  therefrom,  and  from  the  bounds  thereof,  all  build- 
ings, walls,  dams,  and  obstructions  of  all  kinds,  construct  and  main- 
tain sewers  and  other  channels  for  the  flow  of  water,  maintain  and 
establish  the  bounds  of  said  water  courses,  streams,  sewers  and 
channels,  within  which  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to 
place  or  continue  any  building,  wall,  dam  or  other  obstruction, 
without  a  written  consent  from  said  board  of  selectmen. 

Sec.  2.  Said  selectmen,  with  their  agents,  may  enter  upon  any 
lands  to  make  preliminary  surveys  and  measurements  to  carry  into 
effect  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  Before  taking  any  property  or  rights  under  this  act, 
said  selectmen  shall  cause  to  be  made  a  survey  and  map  containing 


a  description,  so  far  as  practicable,  of  the  lands,  streams  and 
water-courses,  and  rights  to  be  taken  and  appropriated,  and  shall 
cause  reasonable  notice  to  be  given  to  all  known  owners  of  land, 
streams,  or  rights  proposed  to  be  taken,  to  appear  before  said  board, 
at  such  time  and  place  as  shall  be  designated  in  said  notice,  and 
show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  such  lands,  streams,  water- 
courses, or  rights  should  not  be  taken  and  appropriated.  Such 
notice  shall  be  written  or  printed,  signed  by  at  least  a  majority  of 
the  board  of  selectmen,  and  a  copy  thereof  left  by  any  person,  at 
least  six  days  before  the  day  appointed  for  the  hearing,  with  or  at 
the  usual  place  of  abode,  if  within  the  town  of  New  Haven,  of 
such  owner,  shall  be  sufificient  notice  to  such  owner. 

Any  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  errors  or  superior  court,  or 
court  of  common  pleas,  may,  by  his  order  of  notice,  direct  what 
notice  shall  be  given  to  owners  who  reside  out  of  said  town  of 
New  Haven,  and  notice  given  pursuant  to  such  order  of  notice 
shall  be  sufficient.  Said  board  of  selectmen  shall  meet  at  the  time 
and  place  specified  in  said  notice,  and  may  adjourn  from  time  to 
time,  and  to  such  place  as  may  to  them  seem  best,  and  said  board 
shall  hear  all  parties  in  interest  who  may  appear  before  them  to 
object  to  the  proposed  action.  And  said  board  of  selectmen  may 
alter  and  vary  their  proposed  action,  taking  more  or  less  land, 
property,  and  rights,  as  may  to  them  seem  best,  and  immediately 
after  such  hearing  shall  have  been  completed,  said  selectmen  shall 
cause  said  survey  and  map  embracing  any  such  alterations  as  may 
have  been  determined  upon  to  be  filed  in  the  oflfice  of  the  towai 
clerk  of  New  Haven,  and  thereupon  such  lands,  property,  streams, 
water-courses,  and  rights  shall  be  deemed  to  be  taken  and  appro- 
priated for  public  use,  and  said  board  of  selectmen  may  thereupon 
proceed  to  occupy  said  lands,  property,  streams  and  water-courses. 

Sec.  4.  The  special  benefits  accruing  to  any  person  whose  prop- 
erty is  specially  benefited  by  reason  of  any  act  done  or  improve- 
ment made  under  this  act  shall  be  payable  by  such  person  to  said 
town,  and  all  damages  done  shall  be  paid  by  such  town.  If  said 
board  of  selectmen  do  not  agree  with  the  parties  interested  as  to 
the  benefits  to  be  assessed  on  account  of  any  act  done  or  improve- 
ment made  under  this  act,  any  juclge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
errors  or  superior  court  shall,  on  application  of  said  selectmen 
or  of  any  person  interested,  or  whose  property  or  rights  are  taken, 
after  causing  such  notice  of  the  pendency  of  such  application  as 


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he  shall  deem  just  and  reasonable,  appoint  three  judicious  and 
disinterested  freeholders  'of  the  county  of  New  Haven,  to  estimate 
the  damages  and  benefits  resulting  from  said  acts  or  improve- 
ments, and  said  committee  liaving  been  duly  sworn  and  having 
given  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  their  meeting  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid,  by  publishing  the  same  not  less  than  twice  in  a  news- 
paper published  in  the  town  of  New  Haven,  and  by  giving 
notice  to  all  known  owners,  residing  in  the  state  of  Connecticut, 
of  lands  or  rights  to  be  taken  and  appropriated,  by  causing  a  copy 
of  a  notice  signed  by  a  majority  of  said  committee,  of  the  time, 
and  place  and  purpose  of  said  meeting,  to  be  left  with  or  at  the 
last  usual  place  of  abode  of  such  owner,  at  least  six  days  before 
the  time  appointed  for  such  hearing,  shall  meet  at  the  time  and 
place  designated,  and  adjourn  from  time  to  time,  and  having  heard 
all  parties  in  interest  who  shall  appear,  shall  determine  what  par- 
ties will  be  damaged  by  said  acts  and  improvements,  in  excess  of 
special  benefits,  and  the  amount  thereof,  also  what  parties  owning 
or  interested  in  lands,  easements,  or  rights  within  a  reasonable 
distance  of  said  improvements,  or  where  such  acts  are  done,  will 
receive  special  benefit ;  said  committee  shall  report  in  writing,  to  the 
superior  court  of  New  Haven  county,  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  the 
month,  except  July  and  August,  next  succeeding  the  day  of  their 
last  meeting  herein  provided  for,  and  said  court  may  confirm,  cor- 
rect by  re-assessment  or  otherwise,  or  set  aside  said  report,  as  he 
may  deem  just,  in  which  latter  case  said  committee,  or  a  new  one 
to  be  then  appointed  by  said  court,  shall  proceed  as  before,  and 
said  report  being  finally  accepted  by  said  court,  all  corrections 
determined  upon  by  said  court  having  been  made,  said  proceedings 
and  report  shall  be  recorded  by  the  clerk  of  said  court,  and  the 
award  of  damages  and  benefits  therein  contained  shall  be  final ; 
and  said  original  papers  shall  be  kept  by  said  clerk  among  the  files 
and  records  of  said  court,  and  execution  shall  be  issued  in  favor 
of  each  person  entitled  thereto  for  such  damages  so  awarded  to 
him. 

Sec.  5.  Such  assessments  of  benefits  shall  not  be  limited  to 
the  amount  of  damages  assessed,  and  shall  be  and  remain  a  lien 
upon  the  land  or  other  property  specially  benefited  as  assessed; 
provided,  that  such  lien  shall  not  remain  for  a  longer  period  than 
sixty  days  after  such  report  has  been  accepted  by  said  court,  unless 
the  said  board  of  selectmen  shall  file  with  the  town  clerk  of  said 


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towns  within  sixty  days  a  certificate  signed  by  a  majority  of  said 
selectmen,  descril)ing  the  property  on  which  the  Hen  exists,  and 
the  amount  claimed  as  a  Hen  thereon. 

Sec,  6.  AH  amounts  due  said  town  under  this  act  shall  be 
collected  by  the  tax  collector,  he  having  received  a  proper  warrant 
therefor  under  the  hands  of  said  selectmen,  in  the  same  manner  as 
taxes  due  said  town  are  collected. 

Sec.  7.  If  no  person  can  be  found  to  receive  the  amount  of 
damages  assessed,  or  if  any  person  refuse  to  receive  the  amount 
assessed  to  him  as  damages,  such  sums  shall  be  deposited  with  the 
town  treasurer  to  the  credit  of  the  person  entitled  thereto. 

Sec.  8.  No  act  shall  be  done  pursuant  to  this  act  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  without  the  written  consent  of 
the  board  of  road  commissioners,  or  by  virtue  of  a  resolution  of 
the  board  of  aldermen  of  said  city ;  and  said  selectmen  shall  erect 
and  maintain  dams  and  flood  gates  if  required  by  the  board  of 
health  of  said  city,  and  operate  the  same  as  may  be  directed  from 
time  to  time  by  said  board,  and  shall  cause  the  sewerage  and 
drainage  herein  provided  for  to  be  done  and  performed  under  the 
supervision  of  said  board  of  health,  and  shall  cause  such  filling  and 
other  things  and  acts  to  be  done  as  in  the  opinion  of  said  board  of 
health  may  be  necessary  to  promote,  protect,  and  preserve  the  pub- 
lic health. 

Sec.  9.  The  action  of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  said  board 
of  selectmen  or  of  said  committee  shall  in  all  cases  be  deemed  the 
action  of  the  whole  board  or  committee,  as  fully  as  if  every  mem- 
ber thereof  were  present  and  participated  in  such  action,  and  no 
member  of  said  committee,  in  this  act  provided,  shall  be  disquali- 
fied or  be  deemed  interested  by  reason  of  his  being  a  taxpayer  of 
said  town  or  city  of  New  Haven,  or  residing  therein. 

Sec.  10.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act  and  shall  take  efifect 
from  its  passage. 

Approved,  April  14,  1881. 


Authorizing  the  City  of  New  Haven  to  Issue  Sewerage  Bonds. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be  and  hereby  is  authorized 
and  empowered  to  issue  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal,  and 
upon  the  credit  of  said  city,  bonds  or  other  certificates  of  debt  to 


—  117— 

an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  whole  two  hundred  and  fifty  thous- 
and dollars,  which  bonds  shall  be  denominated  Sewera.c^e  Bonds 
of  the  City  of  New  Haven,  and  the  same,  or  the  avails  thereof  when 
sold,  may  be  appropriated  by  said  city  to  the  payment  of  any  ex- 
penses incurred  by  said  city  in  the  construction  of  sewers  in  said 
city. 

Sec.  2.  Said  bonds  may  be  issued  in  such  sums,  and  shall  be 
prepared,  signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  city  by 
its  board  of  aldermen  may  determine ;  shall  be  made  payable  not 
more  than- twenty  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue ;  shall  bear  inter- 
est at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  four  per  centum  per  annum,  payable 
semi-annually ;  and  may  be  sold  from  time  to  time  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  of  said  city;  and  said 
bonds  or  certificates,  when  issued  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  obligatory 
upon  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  and  may 
be  enforced  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same 
extent  that  debts  contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this  state 
are  enforced. 

Approved.  April  12,  1905. 


To  Provide  Funds  for  the  Maintenance  of  the  Public 
Parks  in  the  City  of  New  Haven. 

Section  1.  The  court  of  common  council  and  the  board  of 
finance  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  may  annually  assess  upon  the 
grand  list  one-fifth  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar  for  the  maintenance 
and  improvement  of  the  public  parks  in  the  city  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  2.  The  receipts  from  the  assessment  provided  for  in  section 
one  of  this  act  shall  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  New 
Haven  commission  of  public  parks,  for  improvements  made  upon 
the  public  parks  of  said  city. 

Sec.  3.  Not  more  than  six  thousand  dollars  of  said  receipts 
shall  be  expended  in  any  one  year  upon  any  one  park  in  said  city. 

Sec.  4.  The  board  of  finance  of  said  city  may  appropriate  from 
any  balance  in  the  treasury  of  said  city,  not  otherwise  appropriated, 
the  sum  of  seven  thousand  dollars  for  the  purchase  of  land  for 
park  purposes,  and  the  improvement  of  the  public  parks  in  said 
city  bv  and  under  the  control  and  management  of  the  New  Hav(;n 


—US- 
commission  of  pul)lic  parks  durin^i^  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1901. 

Sec.    5.     All    acts   and   parts   of    acts    inconsistent   herewith    are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  6.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved.  April  16,  1901. 


Authorizing  the  City  of  New  Havex  to  Fund  its  Float- 
ing Indebtedness  and  to  Issue  Bonds  Therefor. 

Section  1.  That  the  City  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  authorized  to 
retire  the  floating  indebtedness  of  said  city,  as  the  same  existed  on 
the  thirty-first-  day  of  December,  1904,  by  an  issue  of  bonds  not  ex- 
ceeding in  the  aggregate  two  hundred  and  fifty-four  thousand 
dollars. 

Sec.  2.  Within  three  months  after  the  passage  of  this  resolution 
the  board  of  finance  of  said  city  shall  provide  for  the  issue  of  bonds 
sufficient  in  amount  to  retire  said  floating  indebtednes.  Said  bonds 
shall  be  issued  under  the  direction  of  said  board  of  finance,  in  such 
denominations  and  at  such  rate  of  interest,  not  to  exceed  four  per 
centum  per  annum,  as  may  be  determined  by  said  board,  and  shall 
be  made  payable  as  follows :  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  twenty 
years  from  the  date  of  said  bonds,  and  the  remainder  in  like 
amounts  annually  thereafter ;  said  bonds  shall  be  prepared,  signed, 
and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  board  shall  determine, 
shall  be  issued  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal  and  upon  the 
credit  of  said  city,  and  shall  be  obligatory  upon  the  city  of  New 
Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes  according  to  their  tenor. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  bonds,  or  their  proceeds,  shall  be  used  to  re- 
tire and  pay  such  floating  indebtedness  under  the  direction  of  said 
board  of  finance. 

Sec.  4.  Said  board  of  finance,  after  said  indebtedness  shall  have 
been  so  funded,  in  making  estimates  of  income  and  appropriations 
for  expenditures,  shall  take  into  account  any  surplus  of  receipts 
over  expenditures  for  the  fiscal  year  preceding  that  for  which  such 
estimates  and  appropriations  are  to  be  made,  or,  as  the  case  may 
be,  any  excess  of  expenditures  over  actual  receipts  for  such  year, 
and  shall  provide  in  its  appropriations  for  expenditures  for  the  mak- 
ing up  or  payment  in  full  of  any  deficiency;  it  being  the  intent  of 


—119— 

this  resolution  after  the  floating  indebtedness  shall  have  been  funded 
as  herein  provided,  that  deficiencies  and  indebtedness  caused  there- 
by shall  be  immediately  and  wholly  extinguished  out  of  the  taxes 
to  be  laid  for  the  next  succeeding  year  after  that  in  which  such 
deficiency  may  have  occurred. 
Approved,  June  30,  1905. 


Amending  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  and 

Abolishing  the  Board  of  Councilmen 

OF  said  City. 

Section  1.  The  board  of  councilmen  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 
is  hereby  abolished  on  and  after  the  first  week  day  of  June,  1902. 

Sec.  2.  All  of  the  powers  and  duties  heretofore  vested  or 
imposed  by  the  charter  of  said  city,  or  by  any  special  or  public  act 
of  the  general  assembly,  in  or  upon  the  court  of  common  council 
of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  are  hereby  vested  and  imposed  in  and 
upon  the  board  of  aldermen  on  and  after  the  first  week  day  of 
June,    1902. 

Sec.  3.  Section  six  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  On  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,  1902, 
the  freemen  of  said  city  shall  elect  by  ballot  from  among  their 
number,  as  prescribed  by  law,  six  aldermen  at  large,  who  shall  hold 
their  respective  offices  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  and  after  the 
first  week  of  June  next  succeeding  their  election.  On  the 
third  Tuesday  of  April,  1903,  and  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April 
in  every  second  year  thereafter,  the  freemen  of  said  city  shall  elect 
by  ballot  from  among  their  number,  as  prescribed  by  law,  a  mayor, 
controller,  treasurer,  clerk,  collector,  city  sheriff,  and  six  aldermen 
at  large,  who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the  term  of  two 
years  from  and  after  the  first  week  day  of  June  next  succeeding 
their  election.  No  person  shall  vote  for  more  than  four  aldermen 
at  large  at  any  election. 

Sec.  4.  Section  seven  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city 
which  bears  an  odd  number,  the  freemen  thereof  shall,  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  April,  1902,  and  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  in  each 
second  year  thereafter,  elect  by  ballot,  as  prescribed  by  law,  one 
alderman,  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  and 


—120— 

after  the  first  week  day  of  June  next  succeedinp^  his  election.  In 
each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  which  hears  an  even  numlxM",  the 
freemen  thereof  shall,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,  1903,  and 
on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  in  each  second  year  thereafter,  elect 
by  ballot,  as  prescribed  by  law,  one  alderman,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  a  term  of  two  years  from  and  after  the  first  week  day  of 
June  next  succeeding^  his  election. 

Sec.  5.  Section  eight  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  6.  Section  ten  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows:  The  Mayor  shall  be  chief  executive 
officer  of  the  city,  and  shall  be  at  least  thirty  years  of  age.  He 
shall  have  been  a  legal  voter  and  resident  of  the  city  for  the  five 
years  immediately  preceding  his  election,  and  shall  reside  in  the 
city  during  his  term  of  office.  Whenever  there  shall  be  a  vacancy 
in  the  office  of  mayor,  or  whenever  the  mayor  shall  be  prevented 
by  absence  from  the  city,  by  illness,  or  by  any  other  cause,  from 
attending  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  the  president  of  the  board  of 
aldermen,  and  in  his  absence  such  president  pro  tempore  as  the 
board  of  aldermen  may  elect,  shall  act  as  mayor  until  the  mayor  or 
such  president  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  as  the  case  may  be,  is 
again  able  to  assume  the  duties  of  his  office  or  until  the  vacancy 
shall  be  filled  by  election,  and  said  acting  mayor  shall  have  all  the 
rights,  powers,  and  duties  of  said  mayor,  except  the  powers  of 
appointment  and  removal,  until  the  vacancy  is  filled  or  the  mayor 
is  again  able  to  act. 

Sec.  7.  Section  forty-one  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  depart- 
ment of  finance,  which  shall  be  under  the  control  of  a  board  con- 
sisting of  the  mayor,  who  shall  be  its  presiding  officer,  the  con- 
troller, two  aldermen,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  board  of  alder- 
men in  the  month  of  June  in  each  year,  and  three  citizens,  none 
of  whom  shall  hold  any  other  office  in  said  city  government,  and 
to  be  appointed  as  hereafter  provided ;  but  said  elections  and 
appointments  shall  be  so  made  that  not  more  than  four  members  of 
said  board  shall  at  any  time  belong  to  the  same  political  party. 
The  necessary  expenses  of  said  board  shall  be  paid  by  the  city,  but 
no  member  of  the  board  shall  be  paid  for  his  services. 

Sec.  8.  Section  eighty-seven  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :    The  three  citizen  commissioners  of 


—121— 

East  Rock  park  aforesaid  shall  hold  their  respective  positions,  and 
their  successors  shall  be  appointed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of 
the  act  incorporating-  East  Rock  park  in  the  city  of  New  Haven, 
passed  at  the  January  session,  1880,  and  amendments  thereto.  The 
citizens  appointed  as  park  commissioners  by  the  mayor,  under  the 
act  of  1897,  shall  continue  to  hold  office  during  the  terms  for  which 
they  were  appointed,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven ;  and 
in  the  month  of  December,  1899,  and  in  each  December  thereafter, 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  citizen  as  a  park  commissioner,  to  hold 
office  for  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  January  next  following. 
In  the  month  of  May,  1902,  and  in  every  second  May  thereafter, 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  two  aldermen  to  be  park  commissioners 
during  their  term  of  office.  No  park  commissioner  shall  be  re- 
moved except  by  a  vote  of  the  board,  but  the  mayor  may  fill  any 
vacancy  that  may  occur,  except  among  the  commissioners  of  East 
Rock  park,  by  appointment  of  the  same  character  for  the  unex- 
pired term. 

Sec.  9.  Section  ninety-nine  of  the  charter  of  said  city  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  depart- 
ment of  the  public  library,  which  shall  be  under  the  management 
and  control  of  a  board  of  library  directors.  Said  board  of  direc- 
tors shall  have  charge  of  all  the  property  of  said  city  used  for  the 
purposes  of  said  library,  and  shall  direct  the  expenditures  of  all 
money  placed  at  its  disposal  by  the  city,  from  whatever  source 
derived.  Said  board  shall  consist  of  nine  directors,  who  shall  be 
residents  of  said  city  and  serve  without  pay.  The  members  of 
said  board  of  directors  holding  office  when  this  act  takes  effect 
shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  term  for 
which  they  were  appointed  shall  expire,  unless  sooner  removed  for 
cause  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  said  city. 
In  January,  1900,  and  in  every  third  year  thereafter,  the  mayor 
shall  appoint  one  director,  who  shall  hold  office  for  three  years 
from  the  date  of  his  appointment;  and  in  January,  1901,  and  every 
third  year  thereafter,  and  in  January,  1902,  and  every  third  year 
thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  three  directors  to  hold  office  for 
three  years  from  the  date  of  their  appointment.  In  January, 
1902,  and  annually  in  said  month  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  also 
appoint   two    directors   of    said   library    to   hold   office    for   the    re- 


—122— 

maindcr  of  said  year,  who  shall  be  members  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men. 

Sec.  10.  The  assistant  city  clerk  of  said  city  shall  be  clerk  of 
the  board  of  aldermen  and  make  true  and  rec^ular  entries  of  all 
votes  and  proceeding's  of  the  said  board  of  aldermen. 

Sec  11.  Section  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  of  the  charter 
of  said  city  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  No  by-law  or 
ordinance  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage  in  the  board  of  aldermen 
until  it  shall  have  been  printed  for  examination,  and  no  by-law  or 
ordinance  shall  be  put  upon  its  passage  until  it  shall  have  been 
referred  to  and  reported  by  a  suitable  committee  after  a  public 
hearing.  No  other  vote,  resolution,  or  measure,  except  reports 
from  the  director  of  public  works  concerning  assessments,  shall  be 
put  upon  its  passage,  except  by  unanimous  consent,  until  it  shall 
have  been  referred  to  and  reported  by  a  suitable  committee  after  a 
public  hearing,  nor  until,  after  the  report  of  such  committee,  it 
has  been  twice  read  to  said  board.  But  the  second  reading  of  such 
vote,  resolution,  or  measure  shall  not  take  place  until  at  least  one 
week  has  elapsed  from  the  time  of  the  first  reading,  unless  the 
mayor  shall  send  to  said  board  a  special  message  reciting  that  the 
particular  vote,  resolution,  or  measure  is  of  an  emergency  nature 
and  that  immediate  action  is  necessary,  in  which  event  such  second 
reading  may  take  place  upon  the  same  day  of  the  original  reading, 
and  the  printing  of  the  same  be  dispensed  with.  Every  such  vote, 
resolution,  or  measure  shall,  after  the  same  has  been  reported  by  an 
appropriate  committee,  be  printed  for  examination  at  the  request 
of  one-fifth  of  the  members  present,  except  in  the  instance  of  an 
emergency  message  from  the  mayor.  No  ordinance  shall  be  of 
force  or  effect  until  it  shall  have  been  published  at  least  three  times 
in  all  of  the  daily  papers  published  in  said  city,  nor  until  one  week 
after  its  enactment. 

Sec.  12.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act,  and  all  words,  phrases, 
acts"^  or  parts  of  acts,  public  or  private,  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed  so  far  as  the  effect  upon  this  act  is  concerned ;  but 
no  acts  hitherto  repealed  shall  be  revived  by  such  repeal.  No 
rights,  privileges,  or  immunities  vested  in  said  city  or  in  any  person 
against  said  city  shall  be  deemed  to  be  impaired  by  such  repeal, 
and  all  actions  brought  against  said  city,  or  prosecutions  for  the 
breach  of  any  ordinance  or  by-law,  shall  be  proceeded  with  as 
though  this  act  had  not  been  passed.     All  ofifenses  committed  or 


—123— 

penalties  incurred  shall  be  prosecuted  as  though  this  act  had  not 
been  passed.  Said  repeal  shall  not  affect  any  act  done  or  right 
allowed  unless  by  law  otherwise  provided.  All  lawful  city  ordi- 
nances and  any  regulations  or  by-laws  of  said  city  in  force  and  not 
inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby  continued  in  effect  until  the  same 
shall  be  duly  amended  by  competent  authority ;  provided,  that  all 
such  ordinances,  regulations,  and  by-laws  shall  be  deemed  to  be  and 
hereby  are  amended  so  as  to  confer  upon  the  proper  officers  and 
boards  the  power  and  authority  and  duties  that  are  hereby  conferred 
or  imposed  upon  them.  And  all  powers  and  authority  conferred 
'by  the  ordinances  now  in  force  upon  the  court  of  common  council 
are  hereby  conferred  upon  and  vested  in  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Sec  13.  Sections  three,  four,  five,  eight,  and  nine  of  this  act 
shall  take  effect  from  its  passage.  All  the  other  sections  of  this 
act  shall  take  effect  on  the  first  week  day  of  June.  1902. 

Approved,  June  14,  1901. 


An  Act  Amending  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  New  Haven 
AND  Providing  for  Biennial  Elections  of  City  Officers. 

Section  1.  Section  six  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 
is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows :  On  the  first  Monday  of  Oc- 
tober, 1907,  and  on  the  first  ^Monday  of  October  in  every  second 
year  thereafter,  the  freemen  of  said  city  shall  elect  by  ballot  from 
among  their  number,  as  prescribed  by  law,  a  mayor,  controller, 
treasurer,  clerk,  collector,  city  sheriff",  and  six  aldermen  at  large, 
who  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  for  the  term  of  two  years  from 
and  after  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  their  elec- 
tion. No  person  shall  vote  for  more  than  four  aldermen  at  large  at 
any  election. 

Sec.  2.  Section  seven  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  to  read 
as  follows.  In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  which  bears  an  odd 
number  the  freemen  thereof  shall,  on  the  Tuesday  after  the  first 
Monday  of  November,  1906,  elect  by  ballot  as  prescribed  by  law, 
one  alderman  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  one  year  from 
and  after  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  his  election. 
In  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  the  freemen  thereof  shall,  on  the 
first  Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  on  the  first  Monday  of  October 
in  each  second  vear  thereafter,  elect  by  ballot  as  prescribed  by  law 


one  alderman  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  two  years  from 
and  after  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  his  election. 

Sec.  3.  The  alderman  elected  in  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city 
which  hears  an  odd  number,  whose  term  of  office  would,  except  for 
this  provision,  expire  on  the  first  week  day  of  June,  1906,  shall  hold 
office  until  the  first  week  day  of  January,  1907.  The  alderman 
elected  in  each  of  the  wards  of  said  city  which  bears  an  even  num- 
ber, whose  term  of  office  would,  except  for  this  provision,  expire  on 
the  first  week  day  of  June,  1907,  shall  hold  office  until  the  first  week 
day  of  January,  1908.  The  mayor,  controller,  treasurer,  clerk,  col- 
lector, city  sherifT,  and  six  aldermen  at  large,  whose  terms  of  office 
would,  except  for  this  provision,  expire  on  the  first  week  day  of 
June,  1907,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  first  week 
day  of  January,  1908. 

Sec.  4.  The  following  officers  of  said  city  appointed  by  the 
mayor,  and  whose  terms  of  office  would,  except  for  this  provision, 
expire  July  1,  1907,  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  until  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1908,  namely:  the  corporation  counsel,  the  superintendent 
of  charities  and  correction,  and  the  other  two  members  of  the  board 
of  charities  and  correction. 

Sec.  5.  The  following  officers  of  said  city  appointed  by  the 
mayor  prior  to  June  1,  1906,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective 
offices  for  the  six  months  next  following  the  date  on  which  their 
terms  would,  except  for  this  provision,  have  expired,  namely :  each 
of  the  citizen  members  of  the  board  of  finance,  each  of  the  members 
of  the  board  of  police  commissioners,  each  of  the  members  of  the 
board  of  fire  commissioners,  the  director  of  public  works,  each  of  the 
members  of  the  board  of  health,  each  of  the  members  of  the  board 
of  assessors,  each  of  the  members  of  the  board  of  relief,  and  each 
of  the  members  of  the  bureau  of  compensation. 

Sec.  6.  The  following  officers  of  said  city  appointed  by  the 
mayor  prior  to  June  1,  1907,  for  the  term  during  which  such  mayor 
was  elected,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  Jan- 
uary 1,  1908,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  duly 
qualified,  namely :  the  assistant  corporation  counsel,  the  superinten- 
dent of  streets,  and  the  superintendent  of  sewers. 

Sec.  7.  Section  fifteen  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  the  word  and  figures  "June,  1901,"  in  the  ninth  line  and  in- 
inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  and  figures  "January,  1908,"  so 
striking  out  the  word  "July,"  in  the  eleventh  line  thereof  and  in- 


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serting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  ''February,"  so  that  the  said  sen- 
tence of  said  section  shall  read  as  follows :  In  the  month  of  January, 
1908,  the  mayor  shall  and  in  every  second  January  thereafter  the 
mayor  may  appoint  such  corporation  counsel,  to  serve  for  two  years 
from  the  first  day  of  February  next  after  his  appointment  and  until 
his  successor  is  chosen  and  has  duly  qualified. 

Sec.  8.  Section  eighteen  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  word  and  figures  "June,  1901,"  in  the  first  line  and 
inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  and  figures  "January.  1908,"  so 
that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  During  the 
month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall 
appoint  an  assistant  corporation  counsel  to  hold  office  during  the 
term  for  which  said  mayor  shall  have  been  elected  and  until  the 
successor  of  such  assistant  corporation  counsel  shall  be  appointed 
and  duly  qualified,  who  shall  perform  such  services  as  directed  by 
the  corporation  counsel,  and  shall  attend  to  the  collection  of  unpaid 
taxes,  liens,  and  other  indebtedness  due  the  city. 

Sec.  9.  Section  thirty-six  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  words  "June  in  each  year"  in  the  second  line  and 
inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "January,  1907,  and  of  each 
year  thereafter,"  so  that  the  first  sentence  of  said  section  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows:  The  court  of  common  council  shall,  during 
the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  of  each  year  thereafter,  appoint  an 
assistant  city  clerk,  who,  after  having  taken  the  oath  or  affirmation 
provided  by  law  for  the  clerk  of  said  city,  shall,  in  the  absence  or 
disability  of  said  clerk,  have  power  to  perform  all  the  duties  of  said 
clerk.  Said  section  thirty-six  is  also  amended  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  the  following:  "The  assistant  city  clerk  in  office  May  31, 
1906,  shall  continue  to  hold  his  office  until  January  1,  1907." 

Sec.  10.  Section  thirty-nine  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows:  The  mayor's  secretary  in  office  May  31,  1907,  shall 
continue  to  hold  his  office  until  the  first  week  day  of  January,  1908. 
During  the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  a  secretary  who  shall  be  under  the  direction  of 
the  mayor.  In  addition  to  his  duties  as  secretary  to  the  mayor,  he 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  by  ordinance  prescribed. 

Sec.  11.  Section  forty-one  of  said  charter  as  amended  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  depart- 
ment of  finance,  which  shall  be  under  the  control  of  a  board  con- 
sisting of  the   mayor,  who  shall  be  its  presiding  officer,  the   con- 


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troller,  ami.  after  June  1.  1904,  one  alderman,  who  shall  he  elected 
by  the  board  of  aldermen  in  the  month  of  January,  1007,  and  each 
year  thereafter,  and  six  citizens,  none  of  whom  shall  hold  any  other 
oflfice  in  said  city  £;"overnment.  and  to  be  appointed  as  hereafter  pro- 
vided ;  but  said  elections  and  appointments  shall  be  so  made  that  not 
more  than  five  members  of  said  board  shall  at  any  time  belong  to  the 
same  political  party.  The  necessary  expenses  of  said  board  shall 
be  paid  by  the  city,  but  no  member  of  the  board  shall  be  paid  for 
his  services.  The  aldermen  elected  by  the  board  of  aldermen  to  be 
a  member  of  the  board  of  finance  of  said  city,  and  who  shall  be  serv- 
ing as  such  member  of  the  board  of  finance  on  ]\Iay  31,  1906,  shall 
continue  to  be  a  member  of  the  board  of  finance  until  January  1, 
1907. 

Sec.  12.  Section  forty-three  of  said  charter  as  amended  by  an 
act  approved  June  22,  1903,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 
In  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  each  January  thereafter,  the 
mayor  shall  appoint  three  citizen  members  of  said  board  for  a  term 
of  two  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  succeeding. 

Sec.  13.  Section  forty-eight  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows :  During  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in 
each  January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  two  members  of 
said  board  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  February 
next  succeeding.  No  more  than  three  members  of  said  board  shall 
at  any  one  time  belong  to  the  same  political  party. 

Sec.  14.  Section  fifty-six  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows :  During  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  Jan- 
uary of  each  year  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  for  a  term  of 
three  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  succeeding  such 
number  of  commissioners  as  may  be  necessary  to  fill  vacancies  aris- 
ing by  reason  of  the  expiration  of  terms.  Not  more  than  three 
members  of  said  board  shall  at  any  one  time  belong  to  one  political 
party.  Whenever  a  vacancy  shall  hereafter  exist  in  the  office  of 
chief  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  new  chief,  who  shall  only  be  remov- 
able as  provided  for  other  appointees  of  the  mayor.  The  present 
superintendent  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 
shall  be  and  remain  subject  to  the  provisions  of  said  charter,  the 
chief  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  15.  Section  seventy-three  of  said  charter  as  amended  by  an 
act  approved  June  10,  1901,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the 
word  and  figures  "June,    1901,"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the 


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word  and  figures  "January,  1908,"  so  that  the  last  sentence  of  said 
section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  During  the  month  of 
January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a 
director  of  public  works  to  hold  office  during  the  term  for  which 
said  mayor  shall  have  been  elected  and  until  the  successor  of  such 
director  shall  be  appointed  and  duly  qualified. 

Sec.  16.  Section  seventy-five  of  said  charter  as  amended  by  an 
act  approved  June  10.  1901,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
the  word  and  figures  "June,  1901,"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the 
word  and  figures  "January,  1908,"  so  that  the  first  sentence  of  said 
section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  During  the  month  of 
January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  all 
heads  of  bureaus  provided  for  in  paragraphs  one  and  two  of  section 
seventy-six  of  the  charter  of  said  city  to  hold  office  during  the  term 
for  which  said  mayor  shall  have  been  elected  and  until  their  succes- 
sors be  appointed  and  duly  qualified. 

Sec.  17.  Section  seventy-six  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended 
in  paragraph  four  thereof  by  striking  out  commencing  in  the  seventh 
line  of  said  paragraph  four  the  words  "The  members  of  the  bureau 
of  compensation  holding  office  wdien  this  act  takes  effect  shall  con- 
tinue to  hold  office  until  the  expiration  of  the  terms  for  which  they 
were  appointed,  unless  removed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act ;  and,"  and  the  remainder  of  said  sentence  is  hereby 
amended  so  that  the  last  sentence  of  said  paragraph  four  as 
amended  should  read  as  follows :  In  the  month  of  January,  1907, 
and  each  January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of 
said  bureau  for  a  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  February 
next  succeeding. 

Sec.  18.  Section  eighty-seven  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended 
to  read  as  follows :  The  three  citizen  commissioners  of  East  Rock 
park  aforesaid  shall  hold  their  respective  positions,  and  their  suc- 
cessors shall  be  appointed,  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  in- 
corporating East  Rock  park  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  passed  at  the 
January  session,  1880,  and  amendments  thereto.  And  in  the  month 
of  January,  1906,  and  in  each  January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall 
appoint  one  citizen  as  a  park  commissioner,  to  hold  ofiice  for  three 
years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  following.  In  the  month 
of  January,  1907,  and  in  every  second  January  thereafter,  the  mayor 
shall  appoint  two  aldermen  to  be  park  commissioners  during  their 
term  of  ofiice.  No  park  commissioner  shall  be  removed  except  by 


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a  vote  of  the  board,  Init  the  mayor  may  fill  any  vacancy  that  may 
occur,  except  among-  the  commissioners  of  East  Rock  park,  by  an 
appointment  of  the  same  character  for  the  unexpired  term.  The 
citizen  members  of  the  board  of  park  commissioners  who  shall  have 
been  appointed  by  the  mayor  prior  to  January  1,  1906,  shall  continue 
to  hold  their  respective  offices  for  one  month  after  the  time  when 
their  respective  terms  of  office  would,  except  for  this  provision, 
have  expired. 

Sec.  19.  Section  ninety-three  of  said  charter  is  hereby  amended 
in  the  last  sentence  thereof,  so  that  said  last  sentence  as  amended 
shall  read  as  follows :  In  the  month  of  January,  1907,  and  in  every 
January  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  of  said 
board  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  five  years  from  the  first  day  of 
February  next  following  his  appointment. 

Sec.  20.  Section  two  hundred  and  one  of  said  charter  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  commencing  in  the  third  line  thereof  the 
words  "All  persons  who  are  at  present  members  of  said  board  of 
charities  and  correction  shall  continue  to  hold  office  during  the  terms 
for  which  they  were  appointed  unless  they  shall  be  sooner  removed 
for  due  cause  according  to  the  provisions  of  this  act,"  and  the  sen- 
tence next  following  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows :  Dur- 
ing the  month  of  January,  1908,  and  biennially  thereafter,  the  mayor 
shall  appoint  a  board  of  three  members  to  serve  for  a  term  of  two 
years  from  the  first  day  of  February  following  their  appointment. 

Sec.  21.  Section  two  hundred  and  nine  of  said  charter  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  first  sentence  of  said  section  and  insert- 
ing in  lieu  thereof  the  following:  "The  selectmen  and  constables 
elected  to  hold  office  for  one  year  from  the  first  week  day  of  June, 
1905,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  first 
week  day  of  January,  1907.  There  shall  be  elected  on  the  Tuesday 
after  the  first  Monday  of  November,  1906,  and  on  the  Tuesday 
after  the  first  Monday  of  November  of  every  second  year  thereafter, 
five  selectmen  and  five  constables,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one 
year  from  the  first  week  day  in  January  next  following  their  elec- 
tion. There  shall  be  elected  on  the  first  Monday  of  October,  1907, 
and  on  the  first  jMonday  of  October  in  every  second  year  thereafter, 
five  selectmen  and  five  constables,  who  shall  hold  office  for  one  year 
from  the  first  week  day  in  January  next  following  their  election ; 
provided,  hozvcver,  that  if  the  certain  proposed  amendment  to  the 
constitution   concerning-   the   election   of   selectmen   and   officers   of 


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local  police,  which  was  passed  in  the  house  of  representatives  of  the 
general  assembly,  May  20,  1903,  shall  be  finally  adopted  and  become 
effective,  and  if  the  electors  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  shall  so 
determine,  the  selectmen  and  constables  shall  be  elected  biennially, 
beginning  with  the  election  to  be  held  the  first  Monday  of  October, 
1907.  and  the  selectmen  and  constables  then  and  thereafter  elected, 
shall  hold  office  for  two  years  from  the  first  week  day  in  January  next 
succeeding  their  election,  and  there  shall  be  no  election  of  selectmen 
or  constables  thereafter,  excepting  only  in  every  second  year  after 
1907. 

Sec.  22.  Section  two  hundred  and  ten  of  said  charter  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  first  three  sentences  thereof,  being  all 
that  part  of  said  section  which  precedes  the  words  "the  powers  and 
duties  of  said  registrars"  in  the  fifteenth  and  sixteenth  lines  and 
inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  following:  "The  town  clerk,  the  regis- 
trar of  vital  statistics,  the  grand  jurors,  and  the  registrars  of  voters, 
elected  to  hold  office  for  two  years  from  the  first  week  day  of  June, 
1905,  shall  continue  to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  first 
week  day  of  January,  1908.  The  city  of  New  Haven  shall,  at  the 
election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  of  October,  1907,  and  bien- 
nially thereafter,  elect  a  town  clerk  for  the  town  of  New  Haven, 
who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  the  first 
week  day  of  January  next  succeeding  his  election,  and  shall  perform 
all  the  duties  imposed  by  law  upon  the  town  clerks  of  other  towns. 
The  city  of  New  Haven  shall,  at  the  election  to  be  held  on  the  first 
Monday  of  October.  1907,  and  biennially  thereafter,  elect  a  registrar 
of  vital  statistics,  grand  jurors,  and  registrars  of  voters,  each  to 
serve  for  two  years  from  the  first  week  day  of  January  next  suc- 
ceding  his  election" ;  also  by  striking  out  at  the  end  of  said  section 
the  words  "All  elections  in  said  town  shall  hereafter  be  held  on  the 
third  Tuesday  of  April  in  each  }ear,  beginning  with  the  April  elec- 
tion, 1902." 

Sec.  23.  Section  two  hundred  and  eleven  of  said  charter  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  third  sentence  beginning  with 
the  words  "In  the  month  of  June.  1900,"  in  the  sixth  line  and  in- 
serting in  lieu  thereof  the  following :  "In  the  month  of  Januar}'. 
1907,  and  annually  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  assessor 
to  serve  for  five  years  from  the  first  day  of  February  next  follow- 
ing his  appointment." 


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Sec.  24.  Section  two  hundred  and  twelve  of  said  charter  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking-  out  the  third  sentence  beginning  with 
the  words  "In  the  month  of  June,  1^00,"  in  the  sixth  line  and  in- 
serting in  lieu  thereof  the  following:  "In  the  month  of  January, 
1907,  and  annually  thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member 
of  the  board  of  relief  to  serve  for  three  years  from  the  first  day  of 
February  next  following  his  appointment." 

Sec.  25.  Section  165  of  an  act  revising  the  charter  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  approved  June  20,  1899,  is  hereby  amended  by  substi- 
tuting in  the  second  sentence  thereof  for  the  words  "an  assistant 
clerk"  the  words  "two  assistant  clerks,"  so  that  said  section  when 
so  amended  shall  read  as  follow^s:  The  judge  and  associate  judge 
of  said  court  shall  be  appointed  by  the  general  assembly  and  shall 
severally  hold  office  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  and  after  the 
first  day  of  April  following  their  appointment  and  until  their  re- 
spective successors  shall  have  duly  qualified.  The  judge  of  said 
court  shall  appoint  a  city  attorney,  an  assistant  city  attorney,  a  clerk, 
and  two  assistant  clerks  of  said  court,  each  of  whom  may  be  re- 
moved by  said  judge  for  cause,  and  each  of  whom  shall  hold  office 
during  the  term  of  the  judge  appointing  him,  unless  sooner  removed 
and  until  his  successor  is  duly  appointed  and  has  qualified.  The 
judge  and  associate  judge  shall  take  the  oath  provided  by  law  for 
judicial  officers.  No  person  who  is  not  a  resident  and  elector  of 
the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  hold  any  office  in  said  court.  No 
official  of  said  court  shall  act  as  attorney  in  either  the  civil  or  crim- 
inal part  of  said  court  except  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties. 
Sec.  26.  Section  167  of  said  act  is  hereby  amended  by  substi- 
tuting- in  the  first  line  thereof  for  the  words  "assistant  clerk"  the 
words  "the  assistant  clerks,"  and  by  striking  out  the  last  sentence 
thereof  and  substituting-  in  the  place  thereof  the  following :  "The 
assistant  clerks  shall  each  have  all  the  powers  and  may  perform 
all  the  duties  of  the  clerk,  subject  to  his  direction,"  so  that  said 
section  when  so  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  The  clerk  and  the 
assistant  clerks  shall  each  have  all  the  powers  and  may  perform  all 
the  duties  of  the  clerk,  subject  to  his  direction,"  so  that  said  section 
when  so  amended  shall  read  as  follows :  The  clerk  and  the  assistant 
clerks  of  said  court  shall  take  the  oath  prescribed  for  clerks  of 
courts  in  this  state.  Each  of  them  shall  execute  a  bond  to  said 
city  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  in  form  and  with 
security   satisfactory   to  the  board  of   finance   of   said   city,   condi- 


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tioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  according!^  to  law, 
and  said  bonds  shall  be  deposited  with  the  controller.  P.ut  no  per- 
son or  corporation  shall  be  accepted  by  said  board  of  finance  as  a 
surety  on  such  bonds  except  as  authorized  in  section  159  of  this 
charter.  The  assistant  clerks  shall  each  have  all  the  powers  and 
may  perform  all  the  duties  of  the  clerk,  subject  to  his  direction. 

Sec.  27.     This  act  shall  take  efifect  from  its  passage. 

Approved.  July  6,  1905. 

Relating  to  Registration  of  A'oters  in  New  Haven  and  Dan- 
bury  WHO  are  Inmates  of  the  Almshouses  in  said  towns. 

All  electors  entitled  to  vote  at  any  election  in  the  cities  or  towns 
of  New  Haven  and  Danbury,  who  are  inmates  of  the  almshouses 
in  either  of  said  places,  except  the  paid  employes  of  said  munici- 
palities at  said  almshouses,  shall  be  registered  on  the  list  of  electors 
for  and  vote  as  residents  of  their  last  place  of  registration  in  said 
towns  prior  to  becoming  inmates  of  said  almshouses. 

Approved,  May  14,  1901. 

An  Act  Concerning  Military  Enrollment  in  the  City  and 
Town  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  All  duties  imposed  upon  the  selectmen  by  the  general 
statutes  in  regard  to  military  enrollment  shall  be  performed  in  the 
town  of  New  Haven  by  the  court  of  common  council  of  the  city 
of  New  Haven,  or  by  some  persons  by  them  duly  authorized. 

Sec.  2.  The  military  enrollment  taken  for  the  year  1899,  by  the 
person  appointed  by  the  court  of  common  council  of  the  city  of  Ne\v 
Haven  for  that  purpose,  shall  be  taken  and  received  as  the  military 
enrollment  for  the  city  and  town  of  New  Haven  for  that  year. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  March  2,  1899. 

An  Act  Concerning  the  Board  of  Health   in  the  City  of 

New  Haven. 

All  orders,  rules,  and  regulations  passed  by  the  board  of  health  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  hereafter  control  and  govern  all  of 
the  fifteen  wards  in  the  city  of  New  Haven. 

Approved,  April  19,  1899. 


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SINKING    FUND   COMMISSION. 
An  Act  Amending  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  There  shall  be  in  the  city  of  New  Haven  a  commission 
which  shall  be  know  as  the  Sinking-  Fund  Commission. 

Sec.  2.  Said  commission  shall  consist  of  three  members,  to  be 
appointed  by  the  mayor,  and  of  those  first  appointed  as  members 
of  said  commission  one  shall  be  appointed  to  serve  for  three  years, 
one  for  six  years,  and  one  for  nine  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of 
the  term  of  each  one  of  said  commissioners,  and  every  three  years 
thereafter,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  one  member  to  serve  for  nine 
years.  All  appointments  to  said  commission  shall  be  made  from 
among  those  persons  who  have  had  not  less  than  ten  years'  ex- 
perience as  directors,  trustees,  or  officials  of  national,  state,  or 
savings  banks  of  said  city.  The  mayor  may  fill  any  vacancy 
which  may  occur  for  the  unexpired  term ;  but  no  member  of  said 
commission  shall  be  appointed  to  succeed  himself. 

Sec.  3.  The  floating  indebtedness  of  the  city  of  New  Haven 
shall  be  retired  by  an  issue  of  bonds,  which  bonds  shall  be  regis- 
tered and  non-taxable. 

Sec.  4.  All  sinking  funds  in  existence,  and  all  sums  of  money 
belonging  thereto,  shall  be  transferred  to  the  sinking  fund  com- 
mission, who  shall  keep  all  funds  transferred  to  them  intact  for  the 
purposes  for  which  said  sinkmg  funds  were  created,  and  apply  all 
money  transferred  and  all  that  may  be  added  to  each  of  said  funds 
for  the  purposes  and  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  act  creating 
such  sinking  fund. 

Sec.  5.  The  board  of  finance  shall  annually  appropriate  the 
proceeds  of  a  tax  of  not  less  than  one-half  of  one  mill  on  the  grand 
list  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  such  proceeds  shall  be  paid 
by  the  tax  collector  to  the  sinking  fund  commission  in  September 
of  each  year  so  far  as  it  shall  have  been  collected,  and  as  fast  as 
the  taxes  are  collected  thereafter  the  tax  collector  shall  pay  to  said 
commission  the  proceeds  of  one-half  of  one  mill  on  the  list  of  each 
person  who  shall  pay  his  tax  after  said  date. 

Sec.  6.  Said  board  of  finance  in  making  appropriations  shall 
each  year  take  into  account  the  amount  of  bonds  to  mature,  and 
each  year  shall  make  the  appropriations  so  much  greater  than  the 
proceeds  of  the  tax  of  one-half  of  one  mill  as  in  their  judgment  is 
consistent  with  the  welfare  of  the  city,  but  in  no  year  shall  said  board 
appropriate  the  proceeds  of  a  tax  greater  than  one  mill. 


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Sec.  7.  Said  commission  shall  apply  all  available  funds  under 
its  control  to  the  payment  of  all  city.  town,  and  school  district 
bonds  as  they  may  mature,  investing  and  holdingf  any  unexpended 
funds  to  pay  any  bonds  that  may  subsequently  mature. 

Sec.  8.  Said  commission,  when  it  does  not  have  sufficient  funds 
to  meet  bonds  maturing  at  a  given  date,  shall  make  written  request 
to  the  controller  to  refund  such  bonds  which  cannot  be  paid  at 
maturity,  and  the  controller  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  have 
power  after  said  request  has  received  the  written  approval  of  the 
mayor,  to  issue  new  bonds  to  refund  those  maturing  as  aforesaid, 
on  such  terms  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  board  of  finance,  and 
all  premiums  derived  from  the  sale  of  such  bonds  shall  be  applied 
to  the  sinking  fund. 

Sec.  9.  All  bonds  issued  under  this  act  shall  be  issued  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  of  finance,  and  their  proceeds  shall  not 
become  availabJe  until  such  proceeds  shall  have  been  regularly  ap- 
propriated by  the  board  of  finance  in  the  same  manner  as  current 
income. 

Sec.  10.  All  appropriations  that  may  be  made,  and  all  taxes  laid 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act.  shall  be  subject  to  the  control  of 
the  court  of  common  council  in  the  same  way  and  manner  and  to 
the  same  extent  as  are  other  taxes  and  appropriations. 

Sec.  11.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  authorize  the  issuing 
of  bonds  without  the  authority  of  the  general   assembly. 

Approved,  April  28,  1899. 

An  Act  Amending  the  Charter  of  the  City  of  New  Haven 
Concerning  the  Abatement  of  Taxes. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  in  the  city  of  New  Haven  a  com- 
mittee which  shall  be  known  as  the  tax  committee. 

Sec.  2.  Said  committee  shall  consist  of  the  following  mem- 
bers :  The  mayor,  ex  officio,  the  controller,  ex  officio,  the  assistant 
corporation  counsel,  ex  officio,  one  member  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men to  be  elected  by  said  board  of  aldermen,  and  three  other  citi- 
zens to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor. 

Sec.  3.  Said  committee  is  hereby  authorized  to  direct  as  to 
the  settlement,  compromise,  adjustment,  correction,  or  abatement  of 
any   claim    for   taxes   or   assessments    which    now    appears    on    the 


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books  of  the  tax  collector  of  New  Haven  to  be  due  to  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  including  interest  and  cost  of  liens. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  tax  collector  to  settle,  com- 
promise, adjust,  correct,  or  abate  such  claims  in  accordance  with 
such  direction,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  controller  to  adjust 
his  accounts  in  accordance  with  such  direction. 

Sec.  5.  No  deduction  or  abatement  shall  be  made  by  said  tax 
committee  on  the  ground  that  the  property  on  which  said  tax  was 
laid  was  assessed  at  too  high  a  valuation. 

Sec.  6.  No  deduction  or  abatement  made  or  directed  to  be 
made  by  said  committee  shall  have  any  effect  unless  signed  by  at 
least  five  of  the  members  of  said  committee. 

Sec.  7.  The  city  clerk  shall  be,  ex  officio,  the  clerk  of  said  com- 
mittee. He  shall  keep,  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose,  a  complete 
and  systematic  record  of  all  deductions  and  abatements  made  by 
said  committee,  and  shall  transmit  promptly  to  said 'tax  collector  a 
copy  of  the  same. 

Sec.  8.  Neither  the  clerk  nor  any  member  of  said  committee 
shall  receive  any  pay  for  his  services. 

Sec.  9.  The  term  of  said  committee  shall  be  from  July  1,  1905, 
to  July  1,  1907. 

Sec.  10.  Any  vacancy  in  said  committee  shall  be  filled  in  the 
same  manner  as  that  in  which  the  previous  incumbent  was  selected. 

Sec.  11.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved,  April  19,  1905. 

Incorporating  ''The  Trustees  of  the  Old  Almshouse  Farm 
OF  the  Town  of  New  Haven."" 

Sec.  1.  That  Gardner  Morse,  Wyllys  Peck  and  Henry  White, 
be,  and  hereby  are,  with  their  successors,  constituted  a  body 
politic  and  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "The  Trustees  of  the 
old  Almshouse  Farm  of  New  Haven,"  and  by  that  name  and  style, 
they  and  their  successors  shall  be  and  remain  a  body  politic  and  cor- 
porate forever. 

Sec.  2.  Said  corporation  is  formed  for  the  purpose  of  more 
conveniently  and  efficiently  carrying  out  and  performing  the  duties 
and  trusts  contained  and  specified  in  a  certain  deed  of  trust  made 
and  executed  to  the  above  named  corporators  and  their  heirs,  by 
the  selectmen  of  the  town  of   New   Haven,  dated  November  22d, 


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1852,  and  recorded  in  volume  140  of  records  of  conveyances  of  said 
town,  page  501,  etc. 

Sec.  3.  The  legal  title  to  the  lands  contained  and  specified  in 
said  deed  of  trust,  which  now  remain  unsold  in  the  hands  of  the 
said  trustees,  is  hereby  vested  in  the  corporation  above  created,  and 
said  trustees  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  execute 
any  and  all  such  deeds  of  conveyance  to  said  corporation,  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  title  of  said  corpora- 
tion in  and  to  said  lands. 

Sec.  4.  Said  corporation  shall  hold  and  possess  said  lands,  in  ail 
respects  subject  to  the  trusts  and  condition:^  contained  and  specified 
in  said  deed  of  trusts,  and  not  otherwise. 

Sec.  5.  There  shall  always  be  appointed  three  corporators  of 
said  corporation,  and  whenever  a  vacancy  shall  occur,  by  death, 
resignation  or  removal,  of  any  corporator,  his  place  shall  be  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  a  successor  by  the  judge  of  probate  of  the 
town  of  New  Haven,  upon  the  nomination  of  the  selectmen  of 
said  town  for  the  then  time  being. 

Sec.  6.  The  judge  of  probate  aforesaid  shall  have  power  to 
remove  a  corporator  upon  the  application  of  the  selectmen  of  the 
said  town,  and  upon  due  cause  shown  before  him,  said  corporator 
being  duly  cited  to  appear  and  contest  such  application. 

Sec.  7.  The  corporation  hereby  created  shall  be  a  person  in 
law,  capable  of  sueing  and  being  sued,  pleading  and  being  im- 
pleaded, in  all  suits  of  what  nature  soever;  and  also  of  holding  and 
conveying  real  estate,  and  investing  the  rents,  profits  and  proceeds 
thereof,  for  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the  second  section  of  this 
act ;  and  may  have  a  common  seal,  and  may  change  and  alter  the 
same  at  pleasure. 

Sec.  8.  Said  corporation  may  appoint,  of  its  own  members,  from 
time  to  time,  a  president,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  may  adopt 
such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  management  of  the  trust  prop- 
erty, consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  trust  deed,  as  they  may 
see  fit. 

Sec.  9.  The  support,  maintenance  and  relief  of  the  entire  poor 
of  the  town  of  New  Haven,  so  far  as  the  same  shall  devolve  upon 
said  town,  shall  hereafter  be  conducted  by  the  selectmen  of 
said  town,  through  the  almshouse,  whether  such  poor  shall  reside 
in  the  almshouse  building,  or  elsewhere ;  and  the  selectmen  shall 
have  power  to  make  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  that  pur- 
pose, in  their  discretion. 


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Sec.    10.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 
Approved.  June  6.  1867. 

Amending  the  Charter  of  the  Old  Almshouse  Farm  of 

New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  That  whenever  the  town  of  New  Haven,  at  a  town 
meeting  duly  warned  and  held  for  that  purpose  shall  vote  to  change 
the  terms  of  the  trusts  connected  with  the  funds  derived  from  the 
sale  of  the  old  almshouse  farm,  by  directing  that  the  income  thereof 
be  devoted  to  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  town  and 
city  parks  of  New  Haven,  The  Trustees  of  the  Old  Alms  House 
Farm  of  New  Haven,  the  trustee  of  said  funds,  shall  conform 
to  such  change  in  the  trusts,  and  shall  hold  and  use  said  income  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  directed  by  such  vote. 

Sec.  2.  Any  payment  or  payments  that  may  be  made  under 
such  vote  of  the  town  shall  not  be  construed  as  preventing  the 
town  of  New  Haven  from  making  an  annual  appropriation  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  New  Haven 
commission  of  public  parks,  as  now  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  3.  The  receipt  of  the  treasurer  of  the  New  Haven  commis- 
sion of  public  parks  shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  for  The  Trus- 
tees of  the  Old  Almshouse  Farm  of  New  Haven  for  the  payment 
of  said  income  and  its  appropriation  for  the  uses  aforesaid. 

Sec.  4.  The  selectmen  of  New  Haven  shall  call  a  town  meet- 
ing to  vote  and  determine  whether  said  trusts  shall  be  changed  in 
manner  as  aforesaid,  within  ten  days  after  receiving  a  request  to 
call  such  meeting,  signed  by  fifty  voters  and  taxpayers  of  the  town. 

Sec.  5.  So  much  of  the  act  incorporating  The  Trustees  of  the 
Old  Almshouse  Farm  of  New  Haven,  approved  June  6,  1867,  and 
so  much  of  all  acts  amending  said  act  of  incorporation,  passed  since 
said  date,   as   are  inconsistent   herewith,   are   hereby   repealed. 

Approved,  April  2,  1897. 

Concerning  The  Trustees  of  the  Old  Almshouse  Farm  of 

New  Haven. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  powers,  rights,  and  duties  of  the  selectmen 
of  the  town  of  New  Haven,  in  reference  to  sales,  conveyances,  and 
other  transactions  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Old  Almshouse  Farm  of 


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New  Haven,  a  corporation  chartered  by  this  assembly.  June  6,  1867, 
are  hereby  continued  in  force,  an\tliinj^  in  the  charter  of  the  city 
of  New  Haven,  or  in  an  act  passed  by  this  assembly  at  its  January 
session  in  18*^V.  entitled  "An  Act  to  Consolidate  the  Governments 
of  the  City  and  Town  of  New  Haven."  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. 

Sec.  2.  All  sales  of  land,  conveyances,  and  other  transactions 
of  said  corporation  requiring  the  consent  and  concurrence  of  the 
selectmen  of  said  town,  and  which  have  received  the  same,  since  the 
7th  day  of  December,  1897,  are  hereby  ratified,  validated,  and  con- 
firmed. 

Sec.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  April  19,  1899. 


An   Act   Establishing  a   Commission   on    Public   A'Iemorials. 

There  shall  be  in  said  city  a  commission  on  public  memorials  to 
consist  of  three  citizens,  to  be  nominated  by  the  mayor  and  con- 
firmed by  the  board  of  aldermen,  each  to  hold  office  for  the  term 
of  three  years.  When  this  act  shall  take  effect  the  mayor  shall  nom- 
inate three  members  of  said  commission,  one  for  the  term  of  three 
years  from  the  first  day  of  July,  1905,  one  for  the  term  of  two  years 
from  the  first  day  of  July,  1905,  and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year 
from  the  first  day  of  July,  1905,  and  thereafter  shall  nominate  one 
member  of  such  commission  during  the  month  of  June  in  each 
year  for  the  term  of  three  years  from  the  first  day  of  July  follow- 
ing. The  members  of  said  commission  shall  be  chosen  from  such 
citizens  as  are  especially  qualified,  by  travel,  training,  and  taste, 
to  exercise  an  intelligent  judgment  in  respect  to  the  matters  to  be 
submitted  to  them.  After  this  act  shall  take  effect  all  projects  for 
the  erection  of  any  public  statue,  monument,  or  other  memorial  on 
the  outside  of  any  city  building,  or  upon  any  public  grounds  in  or 
belonging  to  said  city,  shall  be  referred  to  said  commission,  and 
no  such  memorial  shall  be  erected  until  its  style,  design,  and  ma- 
terial shall  have  been  approved  by  said  commission. 

Approved,  June  13,  1905. 


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An  Act  Concerning  Tenement  Houses. 

Section  1.  This  act  may  be  cited  as  the  Tenement  House  Act, 
and  its  provisions  shall  apply  to  all  cities  of  over  twenty  thousand 
inhabitants,  at  the  time  of  the  most  recent  United  States  census 
and  shall  also  apply  to  any  city  or  borough  of  less  than  twenty 
thousand  inhal^itants  if  the  common  council  of  such  city  or  the 
board  of  burgesses  of  such  borough  shall  by  ordinance  provide 
that  said  act  shall  so  apply  to  such  city  or  borough. 

Sec.  2.  Certain  words  used  in  this  act  are  defined,  for  the 
purpose  of  this  act,  as  follows :  ( 1 )  A  tenement  house  is  any 
house  or  building,  or  portion  thereof,  which  is  rented,  leased,  let, 
or  hired  out,  to  be  occupied,  or  is  arranged  or  designed  to  be  oc- 
cupied, or  is  occupied  as, the  home  or  residence  of  three  families 
or  more,  living  nidependently  of  each  other,  and  doing  their  cook- 
ing upon  the  premises,  and  having  a  common  right  in  the  halls, 
stairways,  or  yards.  (2)  A  yard  is  an  open  unoccupied  ■  space 
on  the  same  lot  with  a  tenement  house,  between  the  extreme  rear 
line  of  the  house  and  rear  line  of  the  lot.  (3)  A  court  is  an 
open  unoccupied  space,  other  than  a  yard,  on  the  same  lot  with 
a  tenement  house ;  a  court  not  extending  to  the  street  or  yard  is 
an  inner  court ;  a  court  extending  to  the  street  or  yard  is  an  outer 
court;  if  it  extends  to  the  street  it  is  a  street  court;  if  it  extends 
to  the  yard  it  is  a  yard  court.  (4)  A  public  hall  is  a  hall,  cor- 
ridor, or  passageway  not  within  an  apartment.  (5)  A  basement 
is  a  story  partly,  but  not  more  than  one-half  below  the  level  of  the 
grade.  (6)  A  cellar  is  a  story  more  than  one-half  below  the  level  of 
the  grade.  (7)  The  word  "shall"  is  mandatory  and  not  directory, 
and  denotes  that  the  house  shall  be  maintained  in  all  respects  ac- 
cording to  the  mandate,  as  long  as  it  continues  to  be  a  tenement 
house.  (8)  In  determining  the  /number  of  stories  in  a  tenement 
house,  a  basement  or  an  attic  shall  be  counted  as  a  story  if  it  is  oc- 
cupied or  designed  to  be  occupied  for  living  purposes. 

Sec.  3.  No  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  occupy 
more  than  ninety  per  centum  of  a  corner  lot,  or  more  than  seventy- 
five  per  centum  of  any  other  lot  less  than  sixty  feet  in  depth,  or 
more  than  seventy  per  centum  of  any  other  lot  sixty  feet  or  more 
in  depth ;  provided,  that  the  space  occupied  by  fire  escapes  shall  not 
be  deemed  a  part  of  the  lot  occupied.  For  the  purposes  of 
this  section  the  measurements  shall  be  taken  at  the  ground  level, 


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except  that  wliere  such  a  buildinc^  has  no  basement,  and  the  cellar 
ceiling  is  not  more  than  three  feet  above  the  grade  level,  the  meas- 
urements as  to  the  percentage  of  the  lot  occupied  may  be  taken 
at  the  level  of  the  second  tier  of  beams.  The  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  run- 
ning through  from  one  street  to  another  street;  provided,  that 
the  lot  on  which  such  house  is  situated  does  not  exceed  one  hun- 
dred feet  in  depth. 

Sec.  4.  Behind  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  un- 
less the  house  extends  through  from  one  street  to  another  street, 
there  shall  be  a  yard  extending  across  the 'entire  width  of  the  lot 
and,  except  upon  a  corner  lot,  at  every  point  open  from  the  ground 
to  the  sky  unobstructed;  but  fire  escapes  or  unenclosed  outside 
stairs  may  project  not  over  five  feet  from  the  rear  line  of  the 
house.  The  depth  of  said  yard,  measured  from  the  extreme  rear 
wall  of  the  house  to  the  rear  line  of  the  lot,  shall  be  as  set  forth 
in  sections  five  and  six  of  this  act. 

Sec.  5.  Except  upon  a  corner  lot,  the  depth  of  the  yard  be- 
hind every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  two  stories  in  height, 
shall  be  not  less  than  ten  feet  in  every  part;  and  said  yard  shall 
be  increased  in  depth  one  foot  for  every  additional  story  above 
two  stories  in  the  height  of  the  building. 

Sec.  6.  The  depth  of  the  yard  behind  every  tenement  house 
hereafter  erected  upon  a  corner  lot  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  feet 
in  every  part;  provided,  that  where  such  lot  is  less  than  one  hun- 
dred feet  in  depth,  the  depth  of  the  yard  may  be  not  less  than 
ten  per  centum  of  the  depth  of  such  lot,  but  shall  never  be  less 
than  five  feet  in  every  part,  nor  less  than  the  minimum  width  of 
an  outer  court  on  the  lot  line  as  prescribed  by  section  eight.  Where 
a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  on  a  corner  lot  has  no  base- 
ment, and  the  cellar  ceiling  is  not  more  than  three  feet  above  the 
grade  level,  said  yard  may  start  at  the  level  of  the  second  tier  of 
beams.  Where  a  corner  lot  is  more  than  fifty  feet  in  width,  the 
yard  for  that  portion  in  excess  of  fifty  feet  shall  conform  to  the 
provisions  of  section  five  of  this  act. 

Sec.  7.  No  court  of  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall 
be  covered  by  a  roof  or  skylight,  but  every  such  court  shall  be 
at  every  point  open  from  the  ground  to  the  sky  unobstructed. 

Sec.  8.  Where  one  side  of  an  outer  court  is  situated  on  the 
lot  line,  the  width  of  the  said  court,  measured  from  the  lot  line 


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to  the  opposite  wall  of  the  huilding^,  for  tenement  honses  hereafter 
erected,  shall  be  not  less  than  four  feet  in  any  part,  for  houses 
two  stories  in  height ;  and  for  every  additional  story  above  the 
two  stories  in  the  heig^ht  of  the  said  buildinp^,  such  width  shall  be 
increased  six  inches  throu.e;-hout  the  entire  heiji^ht  of  said  court ; 
but  this  requirement  shall  not  prevent  a  building  from  approach- 
ing nearer  the  lot  line;  provided,  that  no  room  in  the  building  ob- 
tains its  light  or  ventilation  from  windows  opening  upon  such 
narrower  court. 

Sec.  9.  Where  an  outer  court  is  situated  between  wings  or 
parts  of  the  same  building,  or  between  dififerent  buildings  on  the 
same  lot,  the  width  of  the  said  court,  measured  from  wall  to 
wall,  for  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  two  stories  in  height, 
shall  be  not  less 'than  eight  feet  in  any  part;  and  for  every  ad- 
ditional story  above  two  stories  in  the  height  of  the  said  building, 
such  width  shall  be  increased  one  foot  throughout  the  entire  height 
of  the  said  court. 

Sec.  10.  Where  one  side  of  an  inner  court,  is  situated  on  the 
lot  line,  the  width  of  the  said  court,  measured  from  the  lot  line 
to  the  opposite  w^all  of  the  building,  for  tenement  houses  hereafter 
erected  two  stories  in  height,  shall  be  not  less  than  five  feet  in 
any  part,  and  the  other  horizontal  dimension  shall  be  not  less  than 
ten  feet  in  any  part ;  and  for  every  additional  story  above  two 
stories  in  the  height  of  the  said  building,  such  width  shall  be  in- 
creased one  foot  throughout  the  entire  height  of  said  court,  and 
the  other  horizontal  dimension  shall  be  increased  two  feet  through- 
out the  entire  height  of  said  court. 

Sec.  11.  Where  an  inner  court  is  not  situated  upon  the  lot 
line,  but  is  enclosed  on  all  four  sides,  the  least  horizontal  dimension 
of  the  said  court,  for  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected  two  stories 
in  height,  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  feet;  and  for  every  additional 
story  above  two  stories  in  the  height  of  the  said  building,  the  said 
court  shall  be  increased  two  feet  in  each  horizontal  dimension 
throughout  the  entire  height  of  said  court. 

Sec.  12.  Every  inner  court  shall  be  provided  with  one  or 
more  horizontal  in-takes  at  the  bottom.  Such  in-takes  shall  al- 
ways communicate  directly  with  the  street  or  yard,  and  shall  con- 
sist of  a  passageway  of  not  less  than  five  square  feet  in  area, 
which  shall  be  left  open,  or  if  not  open  there  shall  be  provided  in 


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said  passageway  open   grilles  or  transoms ;  and   such   open   grilles 
or  transoms  shall  not  be  covered  over  by  glass  or  otherwise. 

Sec.  13.  In  computing  the  size  of  courts  and  yards,  and  the 
percentage  of  a  lot  which  may  be  built  upon,  a  mutual  gangway 
between  two  building  lots  shall  be  covinted  as  if  divided  equally 
between  the  two  adjacent  lots.  Nothing  contained  in  the  fore- 
going sections  concerning  outer  and  inner  courts  shall  be  con- 
strued as  preventing  windows  at  the  angles  of  said  courts ;  pro- 
vided, that  the  running  length  of  the  wall  containing  such  win- 
dows does  not  exceed  six  feet.  Offsets  or  recesses  in  outer  or 
inner  courts  may  be  made ;  provided,  that  the  width  of  sucli  oft'sets 
or  recesses  shall  in  every  case  be  equal  to  or  greater  than  the 
depth.  When  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  has  no  basement, 
the  courts  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections  may  start  at  the 
level  of  the  second  tier  of  beams. 

Sec.     14.     No     separate     tenement     house     shall     hereafter     be 
erected  upon  the  rear  of  a  lot  where  there  is  a  tenement  house  on 
the  front  of  the  said  lot,  nor  upon  the  front  of  any  such  lot  upon 
the  rear  of  which  there  is  such  a  tenement  house,  unless  the  dis 
tance  between  the  two  tenement  houses  is  at  least  thirty  feet. 

Sec.  15.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  every 
room,  except  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms,  shall 
have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly  upon  the  street,  or  upon 
a  yard  or  court  of  the  same  lot,  of  the  dimensions  specified  in 
sections  four  to  thirteen,  inclusive,  of  this  act ;  and  such  windows 
shall  be  so  located  as  to  properly  light  all  portions  of  such  rooms, 
and  shall  have  a  total  area  in  each  room  of  at  least  one-eighth  of 
the  area  of  the  lioor  of  the  room. 

Sec.  16.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  all  rooms, 
except  water-closet  compartments  and  bathrooms,  shall  be  of  the 
following  minimum  sizes :  in  each  apartment  there  shall  be  at 
least  one  room  containing  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty 
square  feet  of  floor  area,  and  each  other  room  shall  contain  at 
least  seventy  square  feet  of  floor  area.  Each  room  shall  be  in 
ever}'  part  not  less  than  eight  feet  six  inches  high  from  the  finished 
floor  to  the  finished  ceiling;  provided,  that  an  attic  room  need  be 
eight  feet  six  inches  high  in  but  one-half  of  its  area. 

Sec.  17.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  the  pub- 
lic hall  upon  each  floor  shall  be  provided  with  a  window,  or  a 
glazed   door,  opening  to  the  street,  the  yard,  or  upon  a  court  of 


—142— 

tlie  size  prescribed  in  sections  seven  to  thirteen,  inclusive,  of  this 
act,  unless  the  hall  is  witliin  three  stories  from  the  roof.  In  every 
such  tenement  house  three  stories  or  more  in  hei,8:ht,  where  the 
public  hall  upon  the  third  floor  from  the  roof  is  not  provided  with 
an  outside  window  or  an  mitside  g^lazed  door,  there  shall  be  a 
stair-well  extending:  from  this  floor  to  the  roof,  said  stair-well  to 
be  at  least  twelve  inches  wide  over  this  hall  and  at  least  ei,c^hteen 
inches  wide  over  the  hall  above.  All  doors  leadiujc^  from  public 
halls  not  provided  with  outside  windows,  and  more  than  two 
stories  below  the.  roof,  shall  be  provided  with  translucent  glass 
panels  of  an  area  of  not  less  than  five  square  feet  for  each  door, 
or  with  fixed  transoms  of  translucent  g^lass  of  an  area  of  not  less 
than  five  square  feet  over  each  door,  or  such  hall  shall  be  lighted  by 
an  equivalent  amount  of  translucent  glass  connecting  w4th  a 
lighted  room  or  rooms.  Long  and  devious  hallways  shall  have 
such  additional  provisions  as  may  be  necessary  to  give  adequate 
light,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  building  inspector. 

Sec.  18.  In  ever}'  tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  one  at 
least  of  the  windows  provided  to  light  each  public  hall  or  part 
thereof  shall  be  at  least  ten  square  feet  in  area,  measured  between 
the  stop  beads.  In  every  such  house  where  the  public  halls  upon 
each  floor  are  not  provided  with  windows  opening  directly  to  the 
outer  air,  there  shall  be  in  the  roofs,  directly  over  each  stair-well, 
a  ventilating  skylight  provided  with  ridge  ventilators  having  a 
minimum  opening  of  forty  square  inches,  or  such  skylight  shall 
be  provided  with  fixed  or  movable  louvres ;  the  glazed  roof  of  such 
skylight  shall  be  not  less  than  twenty  square  feet  in  area. 

Sec.  19,.  In  every  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  there 
shall  be  a  water-closet  in  each  apartment  of  four  or  more  rooms, 
and  at  least  one  water-closet  for  every  two  apartments  of  less 
than  four  rooms  each.  Each  watercloset  shall  be  in  a  separate 
compartment  or  bathroom,  upon  the  same  floor  wath  the  apart- 
ment which  it  accommodates.  Except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
each  w^ater-closet  compartment  or  bathroom  in  any  tenement 
house  hereafter  erected  shall  have  a  window  opening  directly 
upon  the  street,  a  yard,  a  court,  or  upon  a  vent  shaft.  Every  such 
window  shall  be  of  at  least  three  square  feet  in  area,  and  shall  open 
freely.  A  water-closet  compartment  or  bathroom,  however,  if 
provided  with  a  separate  ventilating  flue  of  non-corroding  mate- 
rial  and   of   at  least  thirty-six   square   inches   in   area,   leading  di- 


t  —143— 

rectly  to  the  roof,  may  be  lighted  from  an  adjoining-  room  or 
hall  by  translucent  glass  in  a  fixed  sash ;  proi'idcd.  that  the  glazed 
surface  shall  be  of  at  least  twelve  square  feet  in  area.  Every 
vent  shaft  in  a  tenement  house  hereafter  erected  shall  be  con- 
structed of  fireproof  material ;  not  more  than  two  water-closets 
or  bathrooms  shall  open  upon  such  a  shaft  on  one  floor  of  a  ten- 
ement house,  and  no  two  water-closets  or  bathroom  windows  open- 
ing upon  such  shaft  on  the  same  floor  shall  be  opposite  each  other. 
No  such  vent  shaft  shall  be  less  than  thirty  inches  in  either  di- 
mension. If  the  area  of  such  a  shaft  is  less  than  twelve  square 
feet,  every  bathroom  or  water-closet  compartment  below  the 
upper  story  arid,  if  the  area  is  less  than  twenty-four  square  feet, 
every  bathroom  or  water-closet  compartment  below  the  second 
story  from  the  roof,  and  opening  into  such  shaft,  shall  be  provided 
with  additional  light  through  translucent  glass  windows  of  at 
least  four  square  feet  in  area,  connecting  with  other  portions  of 
the  tenement.  Every  such  vent  shaft  shall  be  uncovered,  or  shall 
be  provided  with  openings  at  the  top  equal  in  total  area  to  the 
area  of  the  vent  shaft,  and  shall  be  provided  with  a  horizontal 
in-take  or  duct  at  the  bottom  communicating  with  the  street  or 
vard,  or  with  a  court ;  such  duct  or  in-take  shall  be  not  less  than 
two  square  feet  in  area,  and  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  be  easily 
cleaned  out. 

Sec.  20.  In  every  apartment  of  three  or  more  rooms,  in  a 
tenement  house  hereafter  erected,  access  to  every  living  room 
and  bedroom  and  to  at  least  one  water-closet  compartment  shall 
be  had  without  passing  through  any  bedroom. 

Sec.  21.  In  tenement  houses  hereafter  erected,  no  room  in 
the  cellar  or  in  the  basement  shall  be  constructed,  altered,  con- 
verted, or  occupied  for  living  purposes,  unless  all  of  the  following 
conditions  are  complied  with:  (1)  Such  room  shall  be  at  least 
eight  feet  six  inches  high,  in  every  part,  from  the  floor  to  the 
ceiling.  (2)  The  ceiling  of  such  room  shall  be  at  least  four  feet 
and  six  inches  above  the  surface  of  the  street  or  ground  outside 
of  or  adjoining  the  same.  (3)  All  walls  surrounding  such  room 
shall  be  damp-proof.  (4)  The  floor  of  such  room  shall  be  damp- 
proof  and  water-proof. 

Sec.  22.  The  floor  of  the  cellar  or  the  lowest  floor  of  every 
tenement   house   shall   be   water-tight,   and   the   cellar   ceiling   shall 


—144—  , 

be  plastered,  except  where  the  first  floor  above  the  cellar  is  con- 
structed of  iron  beams  and  fire-proof  filling. 

Sec.  23.  No  building,  not  used  as  a  tenement  house  at  the 
time  at  which  this  act  takes  efifect,  shall  be  converted  to  such  use 
unless  it  complies  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec.  24.  No  tenement  house  shall  be  altered,  added  to,  or 
changed  so  as  to  diminish  the  light,  ventilation,  or  court  or  yard 
spaces  existing  before  such  alterations  were  made,  in  any  way 
not  approved  by  the  department  or  officer  charged  with  the  exe- 
cution of  this  act. 

Sec.  25.  Before  the  construction  or  alteration  of  a  tenement 
house  or  the  alteration  or  conversion  of  a  building  for  use  as  a 
tenement  house  is  commenced,  the  owner,  or  his  agent  or  archi- 
tect, shall  submit  to  the  building  inspector  or  other  local  of- 
ficer authorized  to  issue  building  permits,  a  detailed  statement  in 
writing,  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  the  person  making  the  same, 
of  the  specifications  for  the  construction,  and  for  the  lighting  and 
ventilation  of  such  tenement  house  or  building,  upon  a  blank  or 
form  to  be  furnished  by  such  officer,  and  shall  also  submit  a  copy 
of  the  plans  of  such  work.  Such  statement  shall  give  in  full  the 
name  and  residence,  by  street  and  number,  of  the  owner  or  own- 
ers of  such  tenement  house  or  building.  If  such  construction, 
alteration,  or  conversion  is  proposed  to  be  made  by  any  other 
person  than  the  owner  of  the  land  in  fee,  such  statement  shall 
contain  the  full  name  and  residence,  by  street  and  number,  not 
only  of  the  owner  of  the  land,  but  of  every  person  thus  interested 
in  such  tenement  house.  The  statements  and  affidavits  herein 
provided  for  may  be  made  by  the  owner,  or  the  person  who  pro- 
poses to  make  the  construction,  alteration,  or  conversion,  or  by 
his  agent  or  achitect.  No  person,  however,  shall  be  recognized 
as  the  agent  of  the  owner  unless  he  shall  file  with  the  said  of- 
ficer a  written  instrument,  signed  by  such  owner,  designating  him 
as  such  agent.  Such  specifications  and  statements  shall  be  filed 
with  the  said  officer  and  shall  be  deemed  public  records,  but  no 
such  specifications  or  statements  shall  be  removed  from  the  cus- 
tody of  said  officer.  The  said  officer  shall  cause  all  such  plans 
and  specifications  to  be  examined,  and  if  such  plans  and  specifica- 
tions conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  to  the  building  or- 
dinances and  regulations,  they  shall  be  approved  by  such  officer, 
and  a  written  certificate  to  that  efifect  shall  be  issued  to  the  per- 


—US- 
son  submitting  the  same.  The  ofificer  may,  from  time  to  tinie, 
approve  changes  in  any  plans  and  specifications  previously  ap- 
proved by  him ;  provided,  that  the  plans  and  specifications  when 
so  changed  shall  be  in  conformity  with  law.  The  construction, 
alteration,  or  conversion  of  such  tenement  house,  building,  or 
structure,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  not  be  commenced  until  the 
filing  of  such  specification,  plans,  and  statements,  and  the  ap- 
poval  thereof,  as  above  provided. 

Sec.  26.  No  building  hereafter  constructed  as.  or  altered 
into,  a  tenement  house  shall  be  occupied,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for 
human  habitation  until  the  issuance  of  a'  certificate  by  the  of- 
ficer aforesaid  that  said  building  conforms  in  all  respects  to  the 
requirements  of  this  act.  Such  certificate  shall  be  issued  within 
ten  days  after  written  application  therefor,  if  said  building,  at 
the  date  of  such  application,  shall  be  entitled  thereto. 

Sec.  27.  If  any  building  hereafter  constructed  as,  or  altered 
into,  a  tenement  house  be  occupied  in  whole  or  in  part  for  human 
habitation  in  violation  of  the  last  section,  during  such  unlawful 
occupation  no  rent  shall  be  recoverable  by  the  owner  or  lessee  of 
such  premises  for  said  period,  and  no  action  or  special  proceed- 
ings shall  be  maintained  therefor. 

Sec.  28.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  abrogate 
or  impair  the  powers  of  a  local  department  of  health,  the  fire 
department,  or  of  the  courts  or  any  other  lawful  authority,  to 
enforce  any  provisions  of  any  city  charter  or  building  ordinances 
and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  this  act,  or  to  prevent  or 
punish  violations  thereof. 

Sec.  29.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  inspector  of  buildings, 
fire  marshal,  or  other  person  authorized  to  issue  building  permits, 
b}-  whatever  name  known,  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
and  to  report  all  violations  thereof  to  the  proper  prosecuting  of- 
ficer. 

Sec.  30.  Every  owner  or  lessee  of  land,  and  every  builder 
or  architect  who  shall  authorize,  make,  or  approve  anv  construc- 
tion or  alteration  of  any  building  in  violation  of  this  act,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  if  any  violation  of  this  act  remains  uncorrected, 
the  violator  shall  be  subject  to  a  renewal  of  the  foregoing  penalty 
everv  thirtv  davs  until  the  violation  is  corrected. 


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Sec.  31.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  eoniinissioner  of  labor 
statistics  to  collect,  keep  on  file  in  his  office,  and  at  his  discretion 
publish  data  to  be  furnished  by  the  officers  charg^ed  in  the  sev- 
eral cities  with  the  execution  of  this  act,  showing^  the  number  of 
tenement  houses  for  which  permits  have  been  asked,  the  number 
of  plans  approved,  disapproved,  and  modified,  and  an}-  other  facts 
concerning  the  operation  of  the  law.  The  records  and  files  of 
said  officers  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  the  commissioner  of  labor 
statistics  for  the  purposes  of  this  section. 

Sec.  32.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved.  June  29,  1^05. 


ORDINANCES. 


AN  ACT  CONCERNING  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

The  revised  ordinances  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  as  enacted 
by  its  board  of  aldermen  April  14,  1905,  and  approved  by  its  mayor 
April  22,  1905.  shall  be  of  full  force  and  effect  upon  the  passage  of 
this  act  and  after  publication  of  the  notice  hereinafter  provided 
for,  notwithstanding  that  the  same  shall  not  have  been  published 
in  full  in  the  daily  papers  in  said  city  as  required  by  section  one 
hundred  and  twenty-nine  of  the  charter  of  said  city.  The  city  clerk 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  instead  of  the  publication  re- 
quired by  said  section  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine,  to  advertise 
at  least  three  times  in  all  of  the  daily  papers  published  in  the  said 
cit}'  a  copy  of  this  resolution  so  far  as  it  relates  to  said  ordinances, 
together  with  a  notice  that  copies  of  said  ordinances  as  so  revised 
and  adopted  may  be  had  on  application  at  the  office  of  the  city 
clerk;  and  he  shall  cause  said  ordinances  to  be  printed  and  dis- 
tributed to  such  persons  as  may  apply  therefor. 

Approved  July  19.   1905. 


INDEX 


CHAPTER 

I 

Accounts   and   Claims, 

II 

Amusements, 

III 

Animals,           .... 

IV 

Assessment    for    Improvements, 

V 

Board  of  /Vldermen, 

VI 

Buildings,         .... 

VII 

Burial    Grounds, 

VIII 

Contracts,         .... 

IX 

Elections,         .... 

X 

Engineers,         .... 

XI 

Fire,          

XII 

Food, 

XIII 

Good  Order  and  Decency, 

XIV 

Health,             .... 

XV 

Lamps, 

XVI 

Licenses   and   Permits, 

XVII 

Nuisances, 

XVIII 

Officers,           .... 

XIX 

Ordinances, 

XX 

Plumbing,         .... 

XXI 

Police, 

XXII 

Public   Conveyances, 

XXIII 

Public   Works, 

XXIV 

Railroads   and    Steamboats, 

XXV 

Steam   Boilers, 

XXVI 

Taxes,               .... 

XXVII 

Trade,                .... 

XXVIII 

Trespass,           .... 

XXIX 

Weights   and   Measures, 

XXX 

Wires,               .... 

Rules  of   Board  of  Health, 
Rules  for  Public  Parks, 


sections 
1-  14 
15-  19 
20-  30 
31-  38 
39-  46 
47-208 
209-215 
216-219 
220-224 
225-234 
235-263 
264-276 
277-283 
284-297 
298-302 
303-313 
314-355 
356-367 
368-374 
375-399 
400-413 
414-445 
446-564 
565-578 
579-590 
591-595 
596-631 
632-633 
634-644 
645-649 

PAGES 

354 
356 


CHAPTER  I. 


ACCOUNTS  AND  CLAIMS. 


Sec 
1. 


Sec. 


10. 
11. 


Dutj-  of  city  clerk  in  drawing 
orders  in  favor  of  claimants. 

Petitioners  to  write  name  and 
address  to   petitions. 

Claims  for  damages  to  person 
or  property,  duty  of  city 
clerk,  board  of  aldermen  and 
corporation  counsel  in  re- 
spect to  same. 
12.  Duty  of  city  engineer  and  chief 
of  police  when  notice  of  claim 
for  damages  is  received. 

Claims  for  damages  not  to  be 
paid  unless  corporation  coun- 
sel says  city  is  liable. 

Duty  of  corporation  counsel. 


13. 


14 


ills  against  the  city  to  con- 
tain  items  and  dates. 

2.  Judgments    to    be   certified    by 

corporation  counsel. 

3.  Assessment   of    damages,    how 

certified  and  paid. 

4.  Controller's  books,  how  kept. 

5.  Aggregate  of  bills  in  excess  of 

unexpended  balance  of  ap- 
priation  to  be  reported  to 
board  of  finance. 

6.  Claims,  conditions  of  approval 

by  board   of  finance. 

7.  Payment    of    claims    withheld 

where  claimant  is  indebted 
to  the  city. 

8.  Duty    of    board    of   finance    in 

case  of  insufficiency  of  money 
in  treasury  to  paj--  all  bills. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Neiv  Haven: 

Section  1.  All  bills  against  the  city  shall,  where  the  nature  of 
the  case  admits  of  it,  contain  the  items  and  their  respective  dates, 
and  shall  not  otherwise  be  approved  by  the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  2.  Any  claim  against  the  city  by  reason  of  the  final  judg- 
ment of  a  judge  or  court  shall  be  certified  by  the  corporation  coun- 
sel to  be  correct,  before  being  transmitted  to  the  controller. 

Sec.  3.  When  any  assessment  of  damages  against  the  city,  for 
any  public  improvement,  is  due  and  payable  to  any  person  or  per- 
sons, a  bill  for  the  amount  of  damages  assessed  to  each,  in  excess 
of  the  benefits  assessed  to  the  same  person  for  the  same  public  im- 
provement, shall  be  presented  to  the  city  clerk,  and  having  been, 
by  the  city  clerk,  compared  with  the  order  of  assessment  and  cer- 
tified to  be  correct,  shall  be  passed  and  paid  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  bills. 


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Sec.  4.  The  controller  shall  keep  in  liooks  provided  for  that 
purpose,  accounts  with  the  following;-  ^uljjicts.  namely:  controller, 
bills  payable,  hills  receival)k'.  city  attorney,  city  court,  collector,  cor- 
poration counsel,  civil  service  hoard,  department  of  charities  and 
correction,  department  of  ]iuhlic  works,  department  of  police,  de- 
partment of  fire,  (lei)artment  of  ])ul)lic  parks,  department  of  lamps, 
department  of  education,  department  of  public  library,  fuel,  depart- 
ment of  health,  interest,  licenses  and  permits,  liens,  printing,  regis- 
trar of  vital  statistics,  salaries,  sewers,  special  appropriations,  sta- 
tionery, streets,  sundry  accounts,  tax  lists  1874-80,  tax  list  of  each 
year,  town  clerk,  treasurer,  and  with  such  other  subjects  as  he  may 
from  time  to  time  be  required  to  do  by  the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  5.  If  the  aggregate  of  bills  coming  to  the  hands  of  the 
controller  duly  approved  during  any  month  shall  exceed  the  un- 
expended balance  of  the  appropriation  to  which  they  belong,  the 
controller  shall  report  the  facts  to  the  board  of  finance  at  its  next 
regular  session. 

Sec.  6.  The  board  of  finance  may  adjust  all  claims  duly  pre- 
sented to  them,  and  allow  such  sum  or  sums  as  they  shall  find  justly 
due. 

They  shall  not  approve  of  any  bill  against  the  city  for  personal 
damages  or  any  other  cause,  unless  the  same  shall  have  arisen  from 
contract,  express  or  implied,  until  ordered  so  to  do  by  the  board  of 
aldermen. 

No  bill  shall  be  approved  by  said  board  except  in  a  meeting  of 
the  board,  all  the  members  having  been  duly  notified  and  a  major- 
ity being  present. 

Sec.  7.  In  case  any  person,  to  whom  a  claim  is  due  and  payable 
shall  be  indebted  to  the  city,  the  city  clerk,  by  the  direction  of  the 
board  of  finance,  shall  withhold  the  order  for  payment  of  such 
claim  until  such  indebtedness  is  satisfied. 

Sec.  8.  In  case  the  board  of  finance  shall  find  that  there  is 
not  sufficient  money  in  the  hands  of  the  treasurer  to  pay  all  the 
bills  duly  allowed,  they  shall  instruct  the  controller  in  what  order 
the  same  shall  be  paid  by  order  on  the  treasurer,  giving  preference 
to  the  regular  officers  and  employes  of  the  city,  and  said  controller 
shall  obey  their  instructions. 

Sec.  9.  The  city  clerk  shall  draw  orders  on  the  treasurer  in 
favor  of  the  claimants  for  the  amount  allowed  on  each  bill  bv  the 


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board  of  finance,  and  such  orders  shall  be  numbered,  correspond- 
ing^  to  the  classification  book. 

Sec.  10.  In  all  petitions  hereafter  brought  to  the  board  of  al- 
dermen, the  petitioner  shall  write  his  full  name  and  address,  with 
street  and  number,  upon  the  petition. 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  any  claim  for  damage  to  person  or  property 
shall  be  presented  against  said  city,  by  bill,  petition  to  the  board 
of  aldermen,  or  otherwise,  except  in  cases  of  assessments  pro- 
vided for  in  the  charter  or  ordinances  of  said  city,  the  board  of 
aldermen  shall  appoint  a  proper  committee  to  inquire  into  and 
report  the  facts,  or  refer  the  same  to  the  committee  on  claims. 
provided  that  no  such  claim  shall  be  so  referred,  or  considered 
unless  it  shall  appear  by  the  certificate  of  the  city  clerk,  indorsed 
upon  the  paper  or  petition,  whereby  the  same  is  presented  to  the 
board  of  aldermen,  that  due  notice  of  said  claim  was  reasonably 
given  to  him.  as  required  by  the  statute  laws  of  this  state  in  such 
cases. 

Upon  receipt  of  any  such  notice,  the  city  clerk  shall  forthwith 
transmit  the  same  to  the  corporation  counsel,  who  shall  at  once 
proceed  to  examine  into  such  claim,  and  investigate  all  the  circum- 
stances— and  any  legal  questions  arising  thereon  ;  keeping  a  writ- 
ten record  or  memorandum  of  the  facts  and  results  thus  ascer- 
tained :  and  when  said  claim  is  considered  by  the  committee  to 
which  it  may  be  referred,  the  corporation  counsel  shall  be  pres- 
ent, with  said  record,  or  memorandum. 

Such  committee  shall  notify  any  person  or  corporation,  who  may 
be  liable  to  appear  and  be  heard  in  reference  to  such  claim,  and  to 
relieve  said  city  from  any  liability  therefor. 

Sec.  12.  Upon  a  receipt  of  a  notice  of  claim  for  damages 
arising  from  any  alleged  defect  in  any  street,  sidewalk,  or  bridge, 
the  city  clerk  shall  immediately  furnish  the  city  engineer,  chief 
of  police  and  corporation  counsel  with  a  copy  thereof.  The  city 
engineer  shall  immediately,  after  the  receipt  of  said  copy,  make 
a  map  of  the  place  where  such  alleged  defect  existed,  unless,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  corporation  counsel,  such  map  is  unnecessary. 
The  chief  of  police  shall  immediately,  after  the  receipt  of  such 
copy,  direct  some  officer  of  the  police  department  to  investigate 
such  claim,  ascertain  the  facts,  and  make  a  written  report  to  the 
corporation  counsel  of  the  said  facts  and  the  evidence  relating 
thereto,  giving  the  name  and  residence  of  witnesses.     Said  reports 


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shall  be  made  within  ten  days  after  such  officer  has  hecn  directed 
to  make  such  investip^ation,  and  it  shall  he  his  dutv  to  make  such 
further  investigation  and  report  as  the  corporation  counsel  shall 
direct. 

Sec.  13.  No  claim  for  damages  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  by 
said  city,  unless  the  corporation  counsel  is  clearly  of  the  opinion 
that  the  city  is  legally  liable  to  pay  the  amount  so  allowed,  and  in 
no  case  shall  such  claim  be  paid,  unless  upon  proper  security  to 
save  the  city  from  loss. 

No  such  payment  other  than  by  proper  judgment  of  court  shall 
be  deemed  a  precedent  binding  on  the  city,  in  subsequent  cases. 

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporation  counsel  to 
bring  any  necessary  suit  to  foreclose  any  lien,  or  to  enforce  any 
other  claim  in  behalf  of  said  city,  except  for  such  forfeitures  as  it 
is  the  duty  of  the  city  attorney  to  collect. 

All  sums  collected  by  the  corporation  counsel  or  the  city  attorney 
shall  be  paid  over  to  the  treasurer,  his  receipts  being  given  therefor, 
and  said  counsel  or  attorney  shall  forthwith  give  notice  of  such  pay- 
ments to  the  controller,  who  shall  enter  the  same  in  the  city 
accounts. 


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CHAPTER  II. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

15.  Billiard   tables   or   bowling   al-      17.     Indecent  or  blasphemous  per- 

leys,   chief  of  police  may  li-  formances,    penalty'    for    pre- 

cense,     fines     in     connection  senting   same. 

with  same.  18-19.     Bill      posting.      regulations 

16.  Theatrical  performances,  chief  governing  same. 

of  police  may  license,  fines  in 
connection  with  same. 

Sec.  15.  The  chief  of  police,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  mayor,  may  issue  licenses,  as  provided  in  the  ordinance  con- 
cerning- licenses  and  permits,  to  such  persons  as  he  may  approve, 
to  keep,  for  hire,  in  premises  to  be  designated  in  such  licenses,  one 
or  more  billiard  tables,  or  bowling  alleys. 

Every  person  w^ho  shall  keep  or  use,  or  suffer  to  be  kept  or  used, 
for  hire,  in  any  premises  occupied  by  him,  or  under  his  control,  in 
said  city,  any  billiard  table  or  bowling  alley,  without  a  proper 
license  in  force  therefor,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five 
dollars  for  every  such  offense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  in 
which  said  table  or  alley  is  so  used. 

Sec.  16.  The  chief  of  police,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of 
the  mayor  and  chief  of  the  fire  department,  may  issue  a  license 
as  provided  in  the  ordinance  concerning  licenses  and  permits,  for 
any  public  concert,  dance,  play,  farce,  show,  tragedy,  comedy, 
pantomime,  or  other  theatrical  or  dramatic  performance,  exhibi- 
tion of  gymnastics,  dexterity,  or  skill,  circus  or  exhibition  of  ani- 
mals or  curiosities,  for  gain,  specifying  in  such  license  the  time 
and  particular  place  of  exhibition,  provided  tiiat  no  part  of  said 
exhibition,  show  or  performance  shall  be  contrary  to  the  statutes 
of  this  state,  or  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

Every  person  who  shall  take  any  part,  as  actor,  manager  or 
agent  in  any  such  show,  exhibition,  dance,  or  performance,  and 
every  owner  or  other  person  having  charge  of  any  building,  room 
or  premises  in  said  city,  who  shall  suffer  or  permit  therein  such 
show,   exhibition,   dance,   or  performance,   without  a  license   being 


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first  oljtaiiled  tlicrcfor,  as  aforesaid,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  twentx'.  nor  more  than  one  lumdred  dollars  for 
every  such  olTense. 

Sec.  17.  Every  person  who  shall,  within  said  city.  act.  exhibit 
show  or  perform  in.  or  cause  to  be  acted,  exhibited,  shown  or  per- 
formed, or  be  in  any  manner  concerned  in  the  acting,  exhibition, 
showing  or  performance  of,  any  indecent  or  blasphemous  play, 
farce,  opera,  public  exhibition,  show,  entertainment,  or  perform- 
ance wdiatsoever,  or  of  any  indecent  or  blasphemous  part  of  any 
play,  farce,  opera,  public  entertainment,  dance  or  performance 
whatsoever,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars  for 
every  such  offense. 

Sec.  18.  No  pla}-  bill,  or  advertisement  of  any  exhibitions,  shall 
be  posted  upon  any  public  building  or  fence  in  said  city,  nor  on 
or  about  any  tree  in  the  streets  of  said  city,  nor  upon  any  private 
property  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  of  such  property. 

Every  person  offending  against  any  provision  of  this  section 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  such  of- 
fense. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  shall  destroy,  remove,  tear,  or  otherwise 
deface  any  bill,  posted  in  such  places  as  may  be  permitted,  descrip- 
tive of  any  performance  to  be  exhibited,  duly  licensed  as  afore- 
said. 

Every  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  section  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penalty  of  two  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 


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CHAPTER  III. 
ANIMALS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

20.     Animals   that   may   not   run   at  "27.     Keeping   or   harboring    vicious 

large.  dogs. 

21-22-23.     Poundkeepers,     how    ap-  28.     Unmuzzled  dogs,  how  treated. 

pointed;  duties,  etc.  20.     Dogs     properly    muzzled     and 

24.  Animals     lawfully     impounded  registered    not    to    be    inter- 

not  to  be  rescued.  fered  with. 

25.  Feeding   animals   in    streets.  30.     Penalty. 
20.     Dogs   to   be   muzzled   between 

June  and  September. 

Sec.  20.  No  owner  or  person  having  the  charge  of  cattle, 
horses,  mules,  asses,  sheep,  goats,  fowls  or  swine,  shall  suffer  or 
permit  the  same  to  go  or  be  at  large  in  any  of  the  streets  or  public 
squares  of  said  city ;  or  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  be  upon 
anv  of  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of 
being  pastured  thereon,  either  with  or  without  a  keeper. 

Sec.  21.  It  shall  be  and  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  all  pound- 
keepers,  appointed  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  unless  within  one 
week  after  notice  of  their  appointment  they  shall  lodge  with  the 
city  clerk  a  written  declination  to  hold  said  office,  to  have,  keep 
and  maintain,  ready  for  use  at  all  times,  a  suitable  and  lawful 
pound  for  the  impounding  of  all  animals  that  shall  be  brought 
to  them  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  22.  The  poundkeepers  and  impounders  appointed  by  the 
board  of  aldermen  shall  have  the  same  powers  and  duties,  and 
shall  receive  the  same  fees,  which  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be 
provided  by  the  general  statutes  of  this  state  for  poundkeepers  and 
haywards,  appointed  by  the  several  towns. 

Sec.  23.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  persons  as  the  board  of 
aldermen  shall  appoint  for  that  purpose,  and  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  any  person,  to  impound  any  animal  found  upon  any  of  the 
streets  or  public  squares  of  said  city,  in  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance. 


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Sec.  24.  No  person  shall  rescue  any  animal,  liable  to  be  ini- 
])oundcd,  out  of  the  custody  of  any  person  going-  to  pound  with 
the  same,  or  shall  attempt  to  prevent  him  from  driving  or  taking 
such  animal  to  ])ound.  or  sIkiII  resist  or  hinder  him  therein,  or 
shall  break  the  pound,  or  in  any  manner  convey  out  of  it  any 
animal  lawfully  impounded. 

Sec.  25.  No  person  shall  feed  any  draught  animal  in  the  streets 
of  said  city  unless  said  animal  is  securely  hitched  or   fastened. 

Sec.  26.  No  owner,  or  keeper,  or  person  having  the  charge  of 
any  dog.  shall  permit  or  suffer  the  same  to  go  or  be  at  large  in  the 
streets  or  public  squares,  or  in  any  uninclosed  place  in  said  city, 
between  the  first  day  of  June  and  the  first  day  of  September  in 
each  year,  unless  such  dog  shall  be  securely  muzzled,  so  as  to 
render  the  biting  of  any  person  impossible. 

Sec.  27.  No  person  shall  knowingly  keep  or  harbor  any  dog 
which  habitually  attacks,  threatens  to  attack,  or  frightens,  persons 
or  animals  upon  the  highway,  or  which  habitually,  by  loud  and 
excessive  barking  or  howling,  causes  annoyance  to  any  person  or 
persons  living  in  the  vicinity. 

Sec.  28.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  take  into  his  cus- 
tody, and  carry  to  the  police  office  or  dog  pound,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  every  police  officer  of  said  city  to  destroy  any  dog 
found  loose  or  at  large  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
law. 

Sec.  29.  No  person,  other  than  the  owner  or  keeper,  shall  un- 
loose or  set  at  large,  or  take  or  entice  away,  or  shall  remove  the 
collar  or  muzzle  from  any  dog  duly  registered  and  numbered  ac- 
cording to  law. 

Sec.  30.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every 
such  offense. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 
ASSESSMENTS  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

31.  Assessment,    proportions,    how       35.     Liens,  when  and  how  placed. 

altered.  36.     Liens,    liabilities    incurred    by 

32.  City  engineer  to  furnish  maps  same;   how  they  may  be   re- 

and  charts,  etc.  mitted. 

33.  Assessments     appealed     from,      37.     Liens,  duty  of  collector  to  fore- 

duty  of  city  clerk  and  corpo-  close. 

ration  counsel  in  connection  38.     Department    of    public    works 

with  same.  to  prepare  certificates,  when. 

34.  Assessments  due  and  payable, 

duty   of  city   clerk   and    con-  '' 

troller     in     connection     with 

same. 

Sec.  31.  The  board  of  aldermen  may,  upon  the  execution  of 
any  order  for  the  paving  or  otherwise  improving  any  street  or 
highway  .within  said  city,  or  for  the  construction  or  alteration  of 
any  public  sewer,  or  other  public  work,  assess  upon  the  persons 
whose  property  is,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board,  especially  bene- 
fited thereby,  a  proportional  and  reasonable  part  of  the  expense 
thereof,  and  shall  estimate  the  particular  amount  of  such  expense 
to  be  paid  by  every  such  person  upon  such  assessment. 

Sec.  32.  The  city  engineer  shall  in  all  cases  of  proposed  public 
improvement,  la}^  before  the  board  or  committee  having  the  mat- 
ter in  charge,  the  original  survey  and  map  of  the  work  in  question,, 
or  a  certified  copy  thereof,  and  a  chart  showing  the  frontage,, 
dimensions  and  area  of  the  several  pieces  of  land  specially  dam- 
aged or  benefited  by  such  work,  and  the  names  of  the  respective 
owners. 

Sec.  33.  When  any  assessment  or  apportionment  of  damages 
or  benefits  has  been  appealed  from,  the  city  clerk  shall  forthwith 
notify  the  collector,  controller  and  corporation  cotmsel. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporation  counsel  to  secure  a 
speedy  determination  of  the  same,  and  forthwith  to  notify  the  city 


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clerk  of  any  withdrawal  of  ajipeal  or  of  the  final  jud^s^nient  of  the 
superior  court  in  the  case. 

Sec.  34.  When  any  assessment  or  apportionment  of  damapfes  or 
benefits  is  due  and  payable,  the  city  clerk  shall  forthwith  trans- 
mit an  account  of  the  same  to  the  controller,  notinp^  thereon  the 
day  when  the  same  became  payable. 

The  controller  shall  enter  the  same  in  his  books,  charginj;^  the 
collector  with  the  amount  of  benefits  assessed  or  apportioned,  as 
aforesaid,  and  transmit  to  the  collector  an  account  of  the  bene- 
fits assessed,  or  damages  apportioned,  with  a  memorandum,  show- 
ing when  the  same  became  payable,  and  the  collector  shall  pro- 
ceed to  collect  such  assessments  or  apportionments. 

Sec.  35.  If  any  assessment  of  benefits  or  apportionment  is  not 
paid  within  fifty-five  days  after  it  becomes  payable,  the  collector 
shall  cause  a  certificate  of  lien  to  be  recorded,  in  accordance  with 
law.  A  lien  book,  in  proper  form,  shall  be  kept  at  all  times  in  the 
office  of  the  collector,  in  which  a  memorandum  of  all  liens,  mider 
the  charter  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  of  the  payment  of 
such  liens  shall  be  entered. 

Sec.  36.  When  a  lien  shall  have  been  placed  upon  property  in 
accordance  with  the  charter,  the  board  of  aldermen  may,  upon 
the  payment  of  the  principal  sum,  remit  interest  and  f^es  in  be- 
half of  any  person  who,  in  their  opinion,  is  unable  to  pay  the  same. 

Sec.  Z7 .  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  collector  to  report  to  the 
corporation  counsel  for  foreclosure  any  lien  in  behalf  of  the  city, 
when  the  same  has  been  on  one  year,  unless  otherwise  directed, 
from  time  to  time,  by  vote  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Sec.  38.  Except  where  it  is  otherwise  directed,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  department  of  public  works  to  prepare  certificates  of 
liens  in  all  cases  where  by  law  a  lien  upon  land  or  other  property 
is  given  to  the  city,  which  certificate  shall  be  signed  by  the  col- 
lector, whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  see  that  the  same  is  duly  recorded. 


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CHAPTER  V. 
BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN. 

Sec.  Sec. 

39.  Board     of    aldermen,     regular      43.     Notice  of  or  order  to  persons 

meetings,    when    held.  or  corporations,  how  made. 

40.  Journals.  44.     ]\Iaps   and  files  to  be  laid  be- 

41.  Regular  and   special  meetings,  fore  committees. 

how    called.  45.     Files   and   records  to   be  care- 

42.  Head  of  departments  to  answer  fully  preserved. 

inquiries.  46.     Penalty     for     abstracting     or 

mutilating  the  same. 

Sec.  39.  Regtilar  meeting-s  of  the  board  of  aldermen  shall  be 
held  on  the  first  Monday  of  every  month ;  but  the  mayor  may  call 
such  meetings  for  any  different  day  of  the  month,  whenever,  on 
account  of  a  public  holiday,  or  for  other  reason,  he  shall  deem  it 
expedient. 

Sec.  40.  The  clerk  of  the  board  of  aldermen  of  said  city  shall 
keep  a  journal  of  the  doings  and  proceedings  thereof,  and  after 
each  meeting  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  in  sufficient 
numbers  and  distributed  in  sufficient  numbers  to  each  member  of 
said  board  of  aldermen,  and  to  such  other  officers  of  said  city, 
and  any  other  person  requiring  the  same,  as  they  shall  judge  best, 
and  within  four  weeks  after  the  last  meeting  of  said  board  of 
aldermen  for  the  year,  they  shall  cause  two  hundred  copies  of 
such  journal,  properly  bound  and  indexed,  to  be  printed  and 
'  distributed,  one  to  each  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen  for 
the  year  during  which  said  journal  was  kept,  and  one  to  each 
officer  of  said  City  of  New  Haven,  and  shall  deposit  the  remainder 
in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  of  said  city,  one  of  which  said  clerk 
shall  certify  under  his  hand  to  be  a  true  record  of  the  doings  and 
proceedings  of  said  board  of  aldermen,  and  which  shall  be  the 
official  journal  thereof. 

Sec.  41.  The  mayor  of  said  city,  whenever  there  is  to  be  a 
regular  meeting  of  said  board,  or  whenever  he  may  deem  it  proper 
to  call  a  special  meeting  of  said  board,  may  issue  his  order, 
directed  to  the  sheriff  of  said  city,  or  in  case  of  his  absence  or 
inability,  to  any  other  proper  officer,  requiring  him  to  warn  the 
members  of  said  board  of  such  meeting;  and  personal  notice  being 
bv  such  officer  given  to  each  member  of  said  board,  or  an  attested 


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copy  of  sucli  order  hcini;-  left  at  the  usual  place  of  residence  of 
each  member,  at  least  six  hours  previous  to  the  time  prescribed  in 
the  order  for  such  mcetinq-,  or  published  in  two  daily  newspapers 
in  said  city,  at  least  twelve  hcuirs  before  the  time  of  such  meeting, 
shall  be  sufficient  warning-  thereof.  Said  order  shall  be  recorded 
by  the  city  clerk. 

Sec.  42.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  department  of  the  city 
government,  or  of  the  heads  of  such  departments,  of  whom  an 
inquiry  shall  be  made  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  to  answer  the 
same  in  writing  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  board  making 
such  inquiry. 

Sec.  43.  Whenever  any  order  is  made  by  said  board  of  alder- 
men, upon  any  person  or  corporation,  notice  shall  be  given  to  such 
person  or  corporation. 

Whenever  two  or  more  persons  shall  be  interested  as  joint  ten- 
ants, tenants  in  common,  or  as  parties  having  different  interests 
in  the  same  premises,  in  reference  to  which  such  order  is  made, 
then  such  notice  to  one  of  such  persons  shall  be  deemed  notice 
to  all. 

A  notice  stating  the  substance  of  any  such  order,  and  signed 
by  the  city  clerk,  and  directed  to  the  person  or  corporation  to 
whom  the  notice  is  to  be  given,  and  deposited,  postage  paid,  in  the 
post  office  in  said  city,  within  three  days  after  the  passage  of  any 
such  order,  or  delivered  to  such  person,  or  left  at  his  usual  place 
of  abode  by  any  officer  of  said  city,  or  such  order  being  published 
twice  in  each  of  two  daily  newspapers  in  said  city  a  reasonable 
time  before  such  order  is  to  be  executed,  shall  be  deemed  sufficient 
notice  of  such  order. 

Sec.  44.  Whenever  any  matter  is  submitted  to  any  committee 
of  the  board  of  aldermen,  or  any  board  of  the  city,  all  the  proper 
files  and  maps  in  the  case  shall  be  laid  before  such  committee  or 
board  by  the  proper  officer  having  charge  of  such  files  and  maps. 

Sec.  45.  All  files  and  records  belonging  to,  or  coming  into  the 
hands  of  any  officer  or  committee  of  said  city,  shall  be  carefully 
preserved  and  handed  over  to  his  or  their  successors  in  office,  or 
other  person  proper  to  receive  the  same. 

Sec.  46.  Every  person  who  shall  fraudently  abstract,  conceal, 
destroy,  mutilate,  or  alter  any  record,  map,  or  file,  belonging  to 
said  city,  or  in  charge  or  custody  of  any  committee,  board,  or 
officer  of  said  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  ofifense. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


BUILDINGS. 


Sec. 

Sec. 

47. 

Scope  of  ordinances. 

77. 

48. 

Inspector    of    buildings. 

49. 

Fire  marshal  maj'  be  inspect- 
or. 

78. 

50. 

Permits. 

79. 

51. 

Drawings  and  specifications. 

80. 

52. 

Alterations  of  drawings. 

81. 

53. 

Refusal   of  permit. 

82. 

54. 

Fees   for   permit. 

83. 

55. 

Character  of  brick,  sand  and 
mortar. 

84. 

56. 

Fire  district. 

85. 

57. 

Excavations    for   building. 

58. 

Excavations      exceeding      ten 

86. 

feet. 

87. 

50. 

E.xcavations     less     than     ten 

88. 

feet. 

S9. 

<30. 

Excavations        under       party 
walls. 

90. 

61. 

Inspector  to   protect   existing 

91. 

walls. 

92. 

62. 

Excavation   for   area. 

93. 

63. 

Foundation  walls. 

94. 

64. 

Thickness   of  walls. 

95. 

65. 

Construction  of  walls. 

GC). 

Construction  of  piers. 

96. 

67. 

■  Use    of   piers    in    any    part    of 

97. 

structure. 

98. 

68. 

Headers. 

99. 

69. 

Depth  of  walls. 

100. 

70. 

Walls  on   piles. 

101. 

71. 

Connections   with    sewers. 

102. 

72. 

Vaults  under  sidewalks. 

103. 

73. 

Thickness  of  walls  for  houses. 

74. 

Non-bearing  walls. 

104. 

75. 

Partition  walls. 

105. 

76. 

Thickness   of  walls   for  busi- 
ness buildings. 

Walls  increased  by  length  of 

span. 
Walls    of    churches,    theatres, 

etc 
Walls  of  one  story  structures. 
Curtain  walls. 
Bonding    brick    walls. 
Thickness  of  ashlar. 
Use  of  existing  party  walls. 
Walls    to   be    built    uniformly 

and  bonded. 
Walls    to    be    braced    during 

construction. 
Height  of  stories. 
Walls  of  light  or  vent  shafts. 
Partition  walls. 
Recesses  and  chases  in  walls. 
Opening  for  doors   and   win- 
dows. 
Protection   from   fires. 
Cellar  floor  and  ceilings. 
Backing    for    wainscoting. 
Fire  stops. 
Buildings  for  residences   over 

stores. 
Authorities. 
Factors  of  safety. 
Strength  of  columns. . 
Strength  of  beams. 
Strength  of  floors  and  roofs. 
Weight  that  floor  will  sustain. 
Weight  of  building  material. 
Safe   bearing   loads   for   earth 

and   concrete. 
Buildings  to  be  fire  proof. 
Fireproof     construction     and 

fireproofing. 


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Sec. 

100.  Iron  and  steel  construction — 
Fiber  stress  for  steel  and 
iron. 

107.  Maximum  stresses  in  riveted 
plate  girders. 

1('8.     Skeleton    construction. 

l<i;).  Steel  and  wrought-iron  col- 
umns. 

110.  Cast-iron   columns. 

111.  Double  columns. 

112.  Party  wall  posts. 

113.  Plates  between  joints  of  open 

back  columns. 

114.  Steel  and  iron  girders. 

115.  Rolled  steel  and  wrought-iron 

beams  used  as  girders. 

116.  Cast-iron  lintels. 

117.  Plates    under    ends    of    lintels 

and    girders. 

118.  Rolled  steel  and  wrought-iron 

floor   and   roof  beams. 

119.  Templates  under  ends  of  steel 

or   iron   floor  beams. 

120.  Framing       and        connecting 

struttural  work. 

121.  Riveting    of    structural    steel 

and   wrought-iron   work. 

122.  Bolting  of  structural  steel  and 

wrought-iron  work. 

123.  Steel  and  wrought-iron  truss- 

es. 

124.  Riveted    steel    and    wrought- 

iron  trusses. 

125.  Steel   and   iron   pin-connected 

trusses. 

126.  Iron   and   other   metal    fronts 

to  be  filled  in. 

127.  Painting    of    structural    metal 

work. 

128.  Theatres. 

129.  Refusal  of  permits. 

130.  Open  court  both  sides. 

131.  Capacity  of  corridors. 

132.  Seats  to  be' fastened  to  floor. 

133.  Floors. 

134.  Aisles. 


Sec. 

135.  Heating   apparatus. 

136.  Stairways. 

137.  Partition  walls. 

138.  Walls  to   separate   stage   and 

auditorium. 

139.  Protection    from    fire. 

140.  Fireproof  curtain. 

141.  Woodwork  covered  with  fire- 

proof  materials. 

142.  Workshop    or    storage    above 

or  under  auditorium. 

143.  Construction  of  galleries. 

144.  Ventilators. 

145.  Number  of  exits  required. 

146.  Exit  signs  and  red  lights. 

147.  Theatre    lighting. 

148.  Exit  lighting. 

149.  Stand  pipes. 

150.  Hose. 

151.  Public  buildings  to  have  am- 

ple stairways. 

152.  Assembly  halls. 

153.  Chimneys. 

154.  Inside  of  flues  to  be  smooth. 

155.  Construction  under  chimney. 

156.  Fireplaces. 

157.  Stoves. 

158.  Stove  pipes  to  be  guarded. 

159.  Furnaces. 

160.  Register  boxes. 

161.  Steam  pipes. 

162.  Hot  air  pipes. 

163.  Gas  and  water  pipes. 

164.  Electric  wires. 

165.  Fireproof  shutters. 

166.  Walls  of  elevator  shaft. 

167.  Inspector    of    passenger    ele- 

vators. 

168.  Elevator    attendant. 

169.  Safety    devices     for     elevator 

cars. 

170.  Freight  elevators. 

171.  Bulkheads. 

172.  Cornices. 

173.  Snow  guard. 

174.  Roof  of  wooden   building. 


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Sec. 

Sec 

175. 

Roof  of  buildings  not  wooden. 

19-2. 

176. 

Mansard   roof. 

193. 

177. 

Changing  roof. 

194. 

178. 

Measurements       from       curb 

level. 

195. 

179. 

Buildings  within  fire  district. 

180. 

Right     to      rebuild     damaged 
buildings. 

196. 

181. 

Various  structures  within  the 

fire    limits. 

197. 

18-2. 

Use  of  wooden  beams. 

183. 

Wooden  building  outside  fire 

198. 

district. 

199. 

184. 

General  restriction    for   wood- 

en buildings. 

200. 

185. 

Fire-escapes. 

201. 

186. 

Obstructing  fire-escapes. 

202. 

187. 

Rope   for  fire-escape. 

203. 

188. 

Chief   to    inspect   buildings. 

204. 

180. 

Rear  tenements  forbidden. 

205. 

190. 

Abatement  of  rear  tenement's. 

206- 

191. 

Light    and    ventilation. 

208. 

Dangerous  buildings. 

Buildings   endangering   life. 

Duty  of  inspector  if  building 
is  dangerous. 

Obstruction  of  street  and 
sidewalk. 

Street  and  sidewalk  to  be 
used  only  during  construc- 
tion. 

Privilege  of  using  sidewalk 
beyond  building. 

To^  relay  sidewalk. 

Violation  of  ordinance  re- 
garding sidewalks. 

Permit  to  last  for  .six  months. 

Revocation  of  permit. 

Permit  to  move  buildings. 

Service  of  notice. 

Penalties. 

Building  lines. 
207.     Numbering  buildings. 

Miscellaneous  provisions. 


SCOPE  OF  ORDINANCE. 

Sec.  47.  The  following  provisions  shall  constitute  and  be 
known  as  the  building  ordinance,  and  may  be  cited  as  such.  It 
applies  to  all  matters  relating  to  the  construction,  alteration  or 
r'emoval  of  buildings,  or  structures  erected  or  to  be  erected,  in  the 
city  of  New  Haven,  which  ordinance  is  intended  to  be  remedial 
and  is  to  be  construed  liberally  to  secure  the  beneficial  interests 
and  purposes  intended.  It  shall  apply  to  all  parts  of  the  city,  un- 
less specially  limited  to  the  part  included  within  the  fire  district. 


INSPECTOR   OF   BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  48.  The  mayor  shall  appoint  an  inspector  of  buildings, 
who  shall  hold  his  office  until  his  successor'  is  duly  appointed  and 
qualified.  Said  Inspector  shall  be  either  an  architect,  civil  engi- 
neer, or  builder  of  ability,  and  must  have  had  at  least  five  years' 
practical  experience  in  his  particular  occupation.  Said  inspector 
shall  not  be  employed  or  engaged  in  any  othef  business,  or  be 
interested  in  any  way  whatsoever  in  any  contract  for  building  or 
furnishing  materials.      He  shall  receive  such   salary  or  compensa- 


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tion  for  his  services  as  the  board  of  aldermen  may  determine.  Said 
inspector  is  charged  witli  the  duty  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  and  shall  report  all  violations  of  said  ordinance  to 
the  city  attorney  for  prosecution.  He  shall  examine  all  build- 
ings in  course  of  erection,  alterations  or  repair,  and  any  platform, 
staging  or  flooring  to  be  used  for  standing  or  sitting  purposes,  as 
often  as  practicable,  and  shall  make  a  record  of  all  violations  of 
said  ordinance,  together  with  the  street  and  number  where  such 
violations  are  found,  the  name  of  the  owner,  lessee,  occupants, 
contractors  and  master  mechanics,  and  all  other  matters  relative 
thereto. 

FIRE    MARSHAL    MAY    BE    INSPECTOR. 

Sec.  49.  Until  an  inspector  of  buildings  shall  be  appointed, 
as  hereinbefore  ])rovided,  the  fire  marshal  shall  act  as  such  in- 
spector of  buildings. 

termits. 

Sec.  50.  Before  proceeding  with  the  erection  or  alteration  of 
any  building,  or  part  of  any  building,  or  any  platform,  staging  or 
flooring  to  be  used  for  standing  or  sitting  purposes,  a  permit  shall 
be  first  obtained  from  the  inspector  of  buildings  by  the  owner  or 
his  agent,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  proceed  with  the  erection  or 
alteration  of  any  building,  or  part  of  any  building,  or  any  such 
platform,  staging  or  flooring,  unless  such  permit  shall  first  have 
been  obtained  from  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

The  applications  for  such  permits  shall  be  in  writing,  on  blanks 
or  forms,  to  be  furnished  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  and  shall 
state  clearly  and  fully  the  work  contemplated  to  be  done,  and  shall 
give  the  correct  or  estimated  value  of  the  building  for  which  such 
application  is  made,  to  be  verified  by  the  affidavit  of  the  applicant 
when  required  by  said  inspector. 

DRAWINGS  AND  SPECIFICATIONS. 

Sec.  51.  \\niere  an  application  is  made  for  the  erection  or 
alteration  of  any  building,  or  any  part  thereof,  except  frame  build- 
ings costing  less  than  $3,500,  drawings  and  specifications  sufficient 
to  enable  the  inspector  to  obtain  full  and  complete  information 
as  to  the  extent  and  character  of  the   work   to  be  done,   shall  be 


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submitted  with  such  application,  and  all  such  drawino^s  and  speci- 
fications shall  be  filed  with  the  Inspector,  and  shall  remain  on  file 
in  his  office  three  months  after  the  completion  or  occupation  of 
said  building.  Such  drawings  and  specifications  shall  then  be  re- 
turned by  the  inspector  to  the  parties  by  whom  they  have  been 
deposited,  upon  the  demand  of  said  person  or  persons.  It  shall 
not  be  obligator}-  upon  the  inspector  to  retain  such  drawings  or 
specifications  in  his  custody  for  more  than  three  months  after  the 
completion  or  occupation  of  said  building. 

ALTERATION    OF    DRAWINGS. 

Sec.  52.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  erase,  alter  or  modify  any 
lines,  figures  or  coloring  contained  upon  such  drawings  and  specifi- 
cations so  stamped  by  the  inspector  or  filed  with  him  for  reference, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided.  If  during  the  progress  of  the  exe- 
cution of  such  work  it  is  desired  to  deviate  in  any  essential  manner 
from  the  terms  of  the  application,  drawings  or  specifications, 
notice  of  such  intention  to  alter  shall  be  given  in  writing  to  the  in- 
spector, and  his  written  assent  must  first  be  obtained  before  such 
alteration  may  be  made.  Alterations  in  drawings  and  specifications 
which  do  not  involve  "any  change  in  the  structural  parts  nor  conflict 
with  any  of  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  may  be  made  without 
the  permission  of  the  inspector. 

REFUSAL  OF   PERMIT. 

Sec.  53.  If  the  matters  mentioned  in  any  application  for  a  per- 
mit or  in  the  drawings  or  specifications  accompanying  and  illus- 
trating the  same,  indicate  to  the  inspector  that  the  work  to  be 
done  is  not  in  all  respects  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  he  shall  refuse  to  issue  a  permit  until  such  application, 
drawings  and  specifications  shall  have  been  made  to  conform  in 
every  respect  to  the  recjvurements  of  the  ordinance ;  and  when 
such  application  and  drawings  and  specifications  conform  to  this 
ordinance  the  inspector  shall  issue  a  permit  and  shall  file  said 
application,  and  shall  apply  to  such  drawings  and  specifications  an 
official  stamp.  The  drawings  and  specifications  so  stamped  shall 
then  be  returned  to  the  applicant  for  permit,  excepting  in  cases 
where  said  drawings  and  specifications  are  required  to  be  filed  with 
the  inspector. 


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FKES  FOR   TERM  IT. 


Src.  54.  The  fee  for  permit  for  each  Iniiklinc^  costing  $5,000 
or  less  shall  be  $2.00 ;  for  permit  for  each  building;  costinpf  from 
$5,000  to  $10,000,  $5.00;  for  permit  for  each  building  costing 
$10,000  or  over,  $10.00. 

Permits  for  the  obstruction  of  streets  shall  be  paid  for  in  pro- 
portion to  the  street  frontage  occupied,  at  the  rate  of  $1.00  for 
the  first  month,  $2.00  for  the  second  month,  and  $3.00  for  the 
third  month,  and  so  on,  increasing  at  the  rate  of  $1.00  per  month 
for  each  successive  month  for  each  fifty  feet  of  frontage  or  fraction 
thereof  so  occupied. 

CHARACTER  OF   BRICK,   SAND   AND   MORTAR. 

Sec.  55.  All  brick  laid  in  non-freezing  weather  shall  be  well 
wet  immediately  before  being  laid.  The  brick  used  in  all  buildings 
shall  be  good,  hard,  well-burnt  brick.  The  sand  used  for  mortar 
in  all  buildings  shall  be  clean,  sharp  sand,  and  shall  not  be  finer 
than  the  standard  samples  kept  in  the  office  of  the  inspector  of 
buildings.  Cement  mortar  shall  be  made  of  sand  and  cement  in 
the  proportion  of  not  more  than  three  parts^  of  sand  to  one  of 
cement,  and  shall  be  used  immediately  after  being  mixed.  Lime 
mortar  shall  be  made  of  notjnore  than  four  parts  of  sand  to  one 
part  of  lime,  and  shall  not  be  used  until  thoroughly  slaked. 
Cement  and  lime  mortar  shall  be  made  of  one  part  of  lime,  one 
part  of  cement  and  three  parts  of  sand  to  each.  Concrete  for 
foundations  shall  be  made  of  one  part  of  cement,  two  parts  of 
sand  and  five  parts  of  small,  clean,  broken  stone,  or  one-half  of 
the  five  parts  may  be  clean  gravel  and  the  other  half  small,  clean, 
broken  stone,  all  carefully  mixed. 

FIRE   DISTRICT. 

Sec.  56.  The  portion  of  the  city  included  within  the  following' 
boundaries  shall  be  known  as  the  fire  district,  namely : 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  West  Water  street  with  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad,  and  thence  fol- 
lowing the  tracks  of  said  railroad  to  Cedar  street,  through  the  cen- 
ter of  Cedar  street  to  the  center  of  Minor  street,  through  the  center 
of  Minor  street  to  the  center  of  Howard  avenue;  through  the  cen- 
ter of  Howard  avenue  to  a  point  200  feet  south  of  Congress  Ave- 


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nuc ;  tlu'iicc  in  a  westerly  direction  parallel  with  Congress  avenue 
to  the  center  of  Daggett  street ;  through  the  center  of  Daggett 
street  to  the  center  of  Congress  avenue ;  through  the  center  of  Con- 
gress avenue  to  the  center  of  Ward  street;  through  the  center  of 
Ward  street  to  a  point  200  feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  Congress 
avenue ;  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  and  parallel  with  the  center 
line  of  Congress  avenue  to  the  center  of  Howard  avenue ;  through 
the  center  of  Howard  avenue  to  the  center  of  Howe  street ;  through 
the  center  of  Howe  street  and  Dixwell  avenue  to  Bristol  street ; 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  in  a  straight  line,  through  the  center 
of  Bristol  street  to  the  center  of  Ashmun  street ;  through  the  center 
of  Ashmun  street  to  the  center  of  Lock  street ;  through  the  cen- 
ter of  Lock  street  to  a  point  midway  between  the  rails  of  the  Xew 
Haven  and  Northampton  Railroad,  to  the  center  of  Sachem  street ;: 
through  the  center  of  Sachem  street  to  the  center  of  Whitney  ave- 
nue ;  through  the  center  of  Whitney  avenue  to  a  point  185  feet  south 
of  Humphrey  street,  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  in  a  line  parallel 
with  Humphrey  street,  to^the  center  of  State  street ;  through  the  cen- 
ter of  State  street  to  a  point  110  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  Mill 
River  street  measuring  at  a  right  angle  with  said  west  line ;  thence 
in  a  southerly  direction  and  parallel  with  the  westerly  line  of  Mill 
River  street  to  the  center  of  Walnut  street ;  through  the  center 
of  Walnut  street  to  the  tracks  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Hartford  Railroad  Company,  and  following  the  tracks  to  James 
street ;  through  the  center  of  James  street  to  Market  street ;  through 
the  center  of  Market  street  to  Haven  street ;  through  the  center  of 
Haven  street  to  Exchange  street ;  through  the  center  of  Exchange 
street  to  James  street ;  through  the  center  of  James  street  to  Wolcott 
street ;  through  the  center  of  Wolcott  street  to  Mill  street ;  through 
the  center  line  of  Mill  street  to  Chapel  street ;  through  the  center 
of  Chapel  street  to  the  channel  of  Mill  River,  to  the  center  of  Tom- 
linson  bridge,  to  the  end  of  Long  Wharf,  thence  by  a  straight  line 
to  the  point  of  beginning. 

EXCAVATIONS  FOR  BUILDING. 

Sec.  57.  All  excavations  shall  be  properly  guarded  and  pro- 
tected by  the  person  or  persons  causing  the  excavation  to  be 
made,  so  as  to  prevent  the  same  from  becoming  dangerous  to  life 
or  limb,  and  shall  be  sheet-piled  where  necessary  to  prevent  the 
adjoining  earth  from  caving  in. 


—1/0— 

EXCAVATIONS    KXCEEDING   TEN    FEFT. 

Sec.  58.  Whenever  an  excavation  of  either  earth  or  rock  for 
building  or  other  purposes  shall  be  intended  to  be,  or  shall  be, 
carried  to  a  depth  of  more  than  ten  feet  below  the  street  curb, 
the  person  or  persons  causing  such  excavation  to  be  made  shall 
at  all  times,  from  the  commencement  until  the  completion  thereof, 
if  afforded  the  necessary  license  to  enter  on  the  adjoining  land, 
and  not  otherwise,  at  his  or  their  own  expense,  preserve  any  ad- 
joining or  contiguous  wall  or  walls  from  injury,  and  support  the 
same  by  proper  foundations,  so  that  the  said  wall  or  walls  shall  be 
and  remain  practically  as  safe  as  before  such  excavation  was  com- 
menced, whether  the  said  adjoining  or  contiguous  wall  or  walls 
are  down  more  or  less  than  ten  feet  below  the  street  curb. 

EXCAVATIONS    LESS    THAN    TEN    FEET. 

Sec.  59.  If  such  excavation  shall  not  be  intended  to  be,  or 
shall  not  be,  carried  to  a  depth  of  more  than  ten  feet  below  the 
street  curb,  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  adjoining  or  contiguous 
wall  or  walls  shall  preserve  the  same  from  injury,  and  so  support 
the  same  by  proper  foundations  that  it  or  they  shall  be  and  re- 
main practically  as  safe  as  before  such  excavation  was  commenced, 
and  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  upon  the  premises  where  such  ex- 
cavation is  being  made  for  that  purpose,  when  necessary. 

EXCAVATIONS    UNDER    PARTY    WALLS. 

Sec.  60.  In  case  an  adjoining  party  wall  is  intended  to  be 
used  by  the  person  or  persons  causing  the  excavation  to  be  made, 
and  such  party  wall  is  in  good  condition  and  sufficient  for  the 
uses  of  the  adjoining  building,  then,  and  in  such  case,  the  person 
or  persons  causing  the  excavations  to  be  made  shall,  at  his  or  their 
own  expense,  preserve  such  party  wall  from  injury  and  support  the 
same  by  proper  foundations,  so  that  said  party  wall  shall  be  and 
remain  practically  as  safe  as  before  the  excavation  was  commenced. 

INSPECTOR  TO  PROTECT  EXISTING  WALLS. 

Sec.  61.  If  the  person  or  persons  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
preserve  or  protect  any  wall  or  walls  from  injury  shall  neglect  or 
fail  so  to  do,  after  having  had  a  notice  of  twenty-four  hours  from 
the    inspector   of   buildings,    then   the    inspector    of   buildings    may 


—171— 

enter  upon  the  premises  and  employ  such  labor  and  furnish  such 
materials,  antl  take  such  steps  as,  in  his  judo^mcnt,  may  be  neces- 
sary to  make  the  same  safe  and  secure,  or  to  prevent  the  same 
from  becoming'  unsafe  or  dangerous,  at  the  expense  of  the  person 
or  persons  whose  duty  it  is  to  keep  the  same  safe  and  secure.  Anv 
party  doing  the  said  work,  or  any  part  thereof,  under  and  bv 
the  direction  of  the  said  inspector,  may  bring  and  maintain  an  action 
against  the  person  or  persons  owning  the  land  whose  duty  it  is 
to  protect  the  wall,  to  recover  the  value  of  the  work  done  and 
materials  furnished,  in  and  about  said  premises,  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  if  he  had  been  employed  to  do  the  said  work  by  the  said  per- 
son or  persons. 

EXCAVATION  FOR  AREA. 

Sec.  62.  When  an  excavation  is  made  on  any  lot,  and  it  is 
intended  to  use  part  of  such  excavation,  on  either  side  or  rear 
of  the  lot,  as  an  area,  or  space  for  light  and  air.  the  person  or 
persons  causing  such  excavation  to  be  made  shall  build  at  his  or 
their  own  expense,  a  retaining  wall  of  sufficient  strength  to  sup- 
port the  adjoining  earth ;  and  each  retaining  wall  shall  be  carried 
to  the  height  of  the  adjoining  earth,  and  be  properly  protected  or 
capped  on  top. 

FOUNDATION    WALLS. 

Sec.  63.  Foundation  walls  shall  be  construed  to  include  all 
walls  and  piers  built  below  the  curb  level  or  nearest  tier  of  beams 
to  the  curb,  to  serve  as  supports  for  walls,  piers,  columns,  girders, 
posts  or  beams.     Foundation  walls  shall  be  built  of  stone  or  brick. 


thickness  of  walls. 

Sec.  64.  Foundation  walls  built  of  stone  shall  be  at  least  eiglit 
inches  thicker  than  the  wall  next  above  them  to  a  depth  of 
twelve  feet  below  the  curb  level ;  and  for  every  additional  ten 
feet,  or  part  thereof,  deeper,  they  shall  be  increased  four  inches 
in  thickness.  If  built  of  brick,  they  shall  be  at  least  four  inches 
thicker  than  the  wall  next  above  them  to  a  depth  of  twelve  feet 
below  the  curb  level ;  and  for  every  additional  ten  feet,  or  part 
thereof,  deeper,  they  shall  be  increased  four  inches  thicker. 


—172— 

CONSTIU'CTION    OF    WALLS. 

Sec.  65.  The  footing-  or  base  course  of  foundation  walls  shall 
be  of  stone  or  concrete,  or  both,  or  of  concrete  and  stepped-up 
brick  work,  of  sufficient  thickness  and  area  to  safely  bear  the 
wei.e^ht  to  be  imposed  thereon ;  if  the  footing-  or  base  course  be 
of  concrete,  the  concrete  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches  thick; 
if  of  stone,  the  stones  shall  not  be  less  than  two  by  three  feet,  and 
at  least  eight  inches  in  thickness  for  walls,  and  at  least  twelve 
inches  wider  than  the  bottom  width  of  said  walls,  and  not  less 
than  ten  inches  in  thickness  if  under  piers,  columns  or  posts,  and  at 
least  twelve  inches  wider  on  all  sides  than  the  bottom  width  of 
said  piers,  columns  or  posts.  All  base  stones  shall  be  well  bedded 
and  laid  crosswise,  edge  to  edge.  If  stepped-up  footings  of  brick 
are  used  in  place  of  stone,  above  the  concrete,  the  off-sets,  if  laid  in 
single  courses,  shall  each  not  exceed  one  and  one-half  inches,  or 
if  laid  in  double  courses,  shall  not  exceed  three  inches,  starting 
with  the  brickwork  covering  the  entire  width  of  the  concrete,  so  as 
to  properly  distribute  the  load  to  be  imposed  thereon. 

CONSTRUCTION    OF    PIERS. 

Sec.  66.  If,  in  place  of  a  continuous  foundation  wall,  isolated 
piers  are  to  be  built  to  support  the  superstructure,  where  the 
nature  of  the  ground  and  the  character  of  the  building  make  it 
necessary,  inverted  arches  shall  be  turned  between  the  piers,  at 
least  twelve  inches  thick  and  of  the  full  width  of  the  piers,  and 
resting  upon  a  continuous  bed  of  concrete  of  sufficient  area,  and 
at  least  eighteen  inches  thick ;  or  two  footing  courses  of  large 
stone  may  be  used,  the  bottom  course  to  be  laid  crosswise,  edge 
to  edge,  and  the  top  course  laid  lengthwise,  end  to  end;  or  one 
course  of  concrete  and, one  course  of  stone.  The  stone  shall  not 
be  less  than  ten  inches  thick  in  each  course,  and  the  concrete  shall 
not  be  less  than  eighteen  inches  thick,  and  the  area  of  the  lower 
course  shall  be  equal  to  the  area  of  the  base  course  that  would  be 
required  under  a  continuous  wall,  and  the  outside  pier  shall  be  se- 
cured to  the  second  piers  with  suitable  iron  rods  and  plates. 

USE  OF  PIERS  IN  ANY  PART  OF  STRUCTURE. 

Sec.  67.  All  piers  shall  be  built  of  stone  or  good,  hard,  well- 
burnt   brick,    laid   in    cement   mortar.      Every   pier   built   of   brick. 


—173— 

containing  less  than  nine  superficial  feet  at  the  base,  supporting 
any  beam,  girder,  arch  or  column  on  which  a  wall  rests,  or  lintel 
spanning  an  opening  over  ten  feet  and  supporting  a  wall,  shall  at 
intervals  of  not  over  thirty  inches  apart  in  height  have  built  into 
it  a  bond  stone  not  less  than  four  inches  thick,  or  a  cast  iron  plate 
of  sufficient  strength,  and  the  full  size  of  the  piers.  Isolated 
brick  piers  shall  not  exceed  in  height  eight  times  their  least  dimen- 
sions. Stone  piers  or  posts  for  the  support  of  posts  or  columns 
above  shall  not  be  used  in  the  interior  of  any  building.  Where 
walls  or  piers  are  built  of  coursed  stone,  .with  dressed  level  beds 
and  vertical  joints,  the  inspector  of  buildings  shall  have  the  right 
to  allow  such  walls  or  piers  to  be  built  of  a  less  thickness  than 
specified  for  brick  work,  but  in  no  case  shall  said  walls  or  piers  be 
less  than  three  quarters  of  the  thickness  provided  for  brick  work. 

HEADERS. 

Sec.  68.  All  stone  walls  twenty-four  inches  or  less  in  thickness 
shall  have  at  least  one  header  extending  through  the  wall  in  every 
three  feet  in  height  from  the  bottom  of  the  wall,  and  in  every  four 
feet  in  length,  and  if  over  twenty-four  inches  in  thickness,  shall 
have  one  header  for  every  six  superficial  feet  on  both  sides  of  the 
wall,  laid  on  top  of  each  other  to  bond  together,  and  running  into 
the  wall  at  least  two  feet.  All  headers  shall  be  at  east  eighteen 
inches  in  width  and  eight  inches  in  thickness  and  consist  of  good 
flat  stones.  No  stone  shall  be  laid  in  such  walls  in  any  other  po- 
sition than  on  its  natural  bed. 

DEPTH  OF  V/ALLS. 

Sec.  69.  Every  building  except  buildings  erected  upon  wharves 
or  piers  on  a  water-front,  shall  have  foundations  laid  not  less  than 
four  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  on  the  solid  earth  or  on 
level  surface  of  rock,  or  upon  piles  of  ranging  timbers  when  solid 
earth  or  rock  is  not  obtainable  for  foundations. 

WALLS  ON  PILES. 

Sec.  70.  Piles  intended  for  a  wall,  pier  or  post  to  rest  upon, 
shall  not  be  less  than  six  inches  in  diameter  at  the  smallest  end, 
and  shall  be  spaced  not  more  than  thirty-six  inches  on  centers,  or 
nearer    if    required    by    the    inspector    of    buildings,    and    shall    be 


driven  to  a  solid  boariiii;'.  Xo  pile  shall  be  weis^lilcd  with  a  Inad 
exceeding-  forty  thousand  pounds.  The  tops  of  all  piles  shall  he  cut 
off  below  the  lowest  water  line.  When  required,  concrete  shall 
be  rammed  down  in  the  interspaces  between  the  heads  of  the 
piles  to  a  depth  and  thickness  of  not  less  than  twelve  inches,  and 
for  one  foot  in  width  outside  of  the  piles.  Where  ra'nging  and 
capping  timbers  are  laid  on  piles  for  foundations,  they  shall  be  of 
hard  wood,  not  less  than  six  inches  thick,  and  properly  joined 
together  and  their  tops  laid  below  the  water  line.  When  crib 
footings  of  iron  or  steel  are  used  below  the  water  level,  the  same 
shall  be  entirely  coated  with  coal  tar.  paraffine  varnish,  or  other 
suitable  preparations  before  being  placed  in  position.  When  foot- 
ings of  iron  and  steel  for  columns  are  placed  below  the  water  level, 
they  shall  be  similarly  coated  for  preservation  against  rust. 

CONNECTIONS    WITH    SEWERS. 

Sec.  71.  Before  the  walls  of  buildings  are  carried  up  above  the 
foundation  walls,  the  cellars  shall  be  connected  with  the  street 
sewers.  Should  there  be  no  sewer  in  the  street,  or  if  the  cellars 
are  below  water,  or  below  the  sewer  level,  then  provision  shall  be 
made  by  the  owner  to  prevent  water  accumulating  in  the  cellars 
to  the  injury  of  the  foundations. 

VAULTS    UNDER    SIDEWALKS. 

Sec.  72.  In  buildings  where  the  space  under  the  sidewalk  is 
utilized,  a  sufficient  stone  or  brick  wall  shall  be  built  to  retain  the 
roadway  of  the  street,  and  the  side,  end  or  party  walls  of  such 
building  shall  extend  under  the  sidewalk  of  sufficient  thickness  to 
such  wall.  The  roofs  of  all  vaults  shall  be  of  incombustible  mate- 
rial. Openings  in  the  roofs  of  vaults  for  the  admission  of  coal 
or  light  shall  be  covered  with  glass  to  measure  not  more  than  four 
square  inches  each,  set  in  iron  frames  or  with  iron  covers  having 
a  rough  surface,  and  rabbetted  flush  with  the  sidewalk.  When 
areas  are  covered  over,  iron,  or  iron  and  glass  combined,  stone  or 
other  incombustible  material  shall  be  used,  and  sufficient  strength 
in  such  covering  shall  be  provided  to  insure  safety  to  persons 
walking  on  the  same,  and  to  carry  the  loads  which  may  be  placed 
thereon.  Open  areas  shall  be  properly  protected  with  suitable 
railings. 


—  175- 


TH  I CK  NESS    OF    WALLS    FOR    HOUSES. 

Sec.  7Z.  The  walls  of  all  buildings  which  are  to  be  used  for 
residence  purposes,  and  also  school  buildings,  twenty-six  feet  or 
less  in  width  between  bearing  walls,  shall  not  be  less  in  thickness 
than  the  number  of  inches  given  in  the  following  table : 


Outside,  Party 

and  Division 

Walls. 


One   storj- 

Two  stories  • 
Three  stories 
Four  stories- 
Five  stories  . 
Six  stories  • . 
Seven  stories 
Eight  stories 
Nine  stories- 
Ten  stories-  ■ 


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16 

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24 

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20 

16 

16 

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12 

12 

32 

28 

24 

20 

20 

20 

16 

16 

16 

12 

12 

NON-BEARING   WALLS. 


Sec.  74.  All  non-bearing  walls  of  buildings  hereinbefore  speci- 
fied may  be  four  inches  less  in  thickness ;  provided,  however,  that 
none  are  less  than  twelve  inches  thick,  except  as  hereinafter  speci- 
fied. 


PARTITION    WALLS. 

Sec.  75.  Eight-inch  brick  partition  walls  may  be  built  to  sup- 
port the  beams  in  buildings  used  for  residence  purposes  in  which 
the  distance  between  the  walls  is  not  over  thirty-three  feet;  pro- 
vided, that  no  clear  span  is  over  twenty-six  feet;  but  no  such  par- 
tition wall  shall  be  built  having  an  eight-inch  thick  portion 
measuring  vertically  more  than  forty  feet.  This  clause  shall  not 
be  construed  to  prevent  the  use  of  iron  girders  or  iron  girders 
and  columns,  or  piers  of  masonr}',  for  the  support  of  the  walls  and 
ceiling  over  any  room  which  has  a  clear  span  of  more  than  twenty- 
six  feet  between  walls.  If  the  clear  span  is  to  be  over  twenty-six 
feet,  then  the  bearing  walls  shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thick- 
ness for  every  twelve  and  one-half  feet  or  part  thereof  that  said 
span  is  over  twenty-six  feet. 


—176— 


THICKNESS  OF  WALLS  FOR  BUSINESS  BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  76.  The  walls  of  all  business  and  manufacturing  build- 
ings, warehouses,  stores,  factories  and  stables,  twenty-five  feet  or 
less  in  width  between  walls  or  bearings,  shall  not  be  less  in  thick- 
ness than  the  number  of  inches  given  in  the  following  table : 


Outside,    Party 

and  Division 

Walls. 


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Two  stories- 
Three  stories 
P'our  stories - 
Five  stories-  - 
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Seven  stories 
Eight  stories 
Nine  stories - 
Ten  stories.  • 


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^^'ALLS    INCREASED    BY    LENGTH    OF    SPAN. 


Sec.  17 .  If  there  is  to  be  a  clear  span  of  over  twenty-five  feet 
between  walls,  the  bearing  walls  shall  be  four  inches  more  in  thick- 
ness than  is  in  this  section  specified  for  even,'  twelve  and  one-half 
feet,  or  fraction  thereof,  that  said  walls  are  more  than  twenty- 
five  feet  apart.  All  buildings,  not  excepting  dwellings,  that  are 
over  one  hundred  and  five  feet  in  depth,  without  a  cross  wall,  or 
proper  piers  or  buttresses,  shall  have  the  side  or  bearing  walls 
increased  in  thickness  four  inches  more  than  is  specified  in  the 
respective  sections  of  this  title  for  the  thickness  of  walls  for  every 
one  hundred  and  five  feet,  or  part  thereof,  that  the  said  buildings 
are  over  one  hundred  and  five  feet  in  depth.  In  all  business  and 
manufacturing  buildings,  warehouses,  stores,  factories  and  stables, 
over  twenty-five  feet  in  width  between  walls  in  which  there  shall 
be  brick  partition  walls,  or  girders  supported  on  iron  or  wooden 
columns,  or  piers  of  masonry,  and  girders,  shall  be  made  of  suffi- 
cient strength  and  size  to  bear  safely  the  weight  and  any  lateral 
strain  to  be  imposed  upon  them.  In  case  iron  or  wooden  girders, 
supported  by  iron  or  wooden  columns,  or  piers  of  masonry,  are  sub- 
stituted  in   place  of  brick   partition   walls,   the  building   shall   not 


—177— 

exceed  ten  thousand  feet  area  on  the  ground  floor,  except  in  case 
of  fire-proof  buildings  which  may  be  constructed  as  hereinafter 
provided  for  in  section  104  of  this  chapter.  In  case  the  walls  of 
any  building  are  less  than  twenty-five  feet  apart,  and  less  than 
forty  feet  in  depth,  or  there  are  cross  walls  which  intersect  the 
wall,  not  more  than  forty  feet  distant  or  between  the  same,  or 
piers  or  buttresses  built  into  the  walls,  the  interior  walls  may  be 
reduced  in  thickness  in  just  proportion  to  the  number  of  cross 
walls,  piers  or  buttresses,  and  their  nearness  to  each  other ;  pro- 
vided, hozvcz'cr,  that  this  clause  shall  not  apply  to  walls  below  sixty 
feet  in  height,  and  that  no  such  wall  shall  be  less  than  twelve 
inches  thick  at  the  top,  and  gradually  increased  in  thickness  by 
set-ofifs  to  the  bottom ;  and  the  inspector  of  buildings  is  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  decide  (except  where  herein  other- 
wise' provided  for)  how  much  the  walls  herein  mentioned  may  be 
permitted  to  be  reduced  in  thickness,  according  to  the  peculiar 
circumstances  of  each  case,  without  endangering  the  strength  and 
safety  of  the  building. 

WALLS  OF  CHURCHES,   THEATRES,   ETC. 

Sec.  78.  The  walls  of  churches,  theatres,  foundries,  machine 
shops,  car  houses,  armories,  public  markets  not  over  two  stories 
in  height,  and  other  buildings  of  a  public  character  shall  in  no 
case  be  less  than  is  in  this  Act  specified  for  warehouses ;  and  said 
buildings  shall  have  in  addition  thereto,  such  piers  or  buttresses 
as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  inspector  of  buildings,  may  be  neces- 
sary to  make  a  safe  and  substantial  building. 

WALLS   OF   one   STORY   STRUCTURES. 

Sec.  79.  One  story  structures,  not  exceeding  a  height  of  fif- 
teen feet,  may  be  built  with  eight-inch  walls  when  the  bearing 
walls  are  not  more  than  nineteen  feet  apart,  and  the  length  of  the 
eight-inch  bearing  wall  does  not  exceed  forty-five  feet. 

CURTAIN   WALLS. 

Sec.  80.  Curtain  walls  of  brick  built  between  iron  or  steel 
columns,  shall  be  not  less  than  twelve  Jnches  thick  for  sixty  feet 
of  the  uppermost  height  thereof,  or  to  the  nearest  tier  of  beams 


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to  that  measurement,  and  every  lower  section  of  sixty  feet  or  to 
the  nearest  tier  of  beams  to  that  measurement  of  four  inches  more 
than  is  required  for  the  section  next  above  it. 

BONDING  BRICK    WALLS. 

Sec,  81.  In  all  brick  walls  every  sixth  course  shall  be  a  head- 
ing course,  except  where  walls  are  faced  with  brick  in  running 
bond,  in  which  latter  case  every  sixth  course  shall  be  bonded  into 
the  backing  by  cutting  the  course  of  the  face  brick  and  putting 
in  diagonal  headers  behind  the  same,  or  by  splitting  the  face  brick 
in  half  and  backing  the  same  with  a  continuous  row  of  headers. 

THICKNESS   OF   ASHLAR. 

Sec.  82.  All  stone  used  for  the  facing  of  any  building,  and 
known  as  ashlar,  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  thick.  Stone 
ashlar  shall  be  anchored  to  the  backing  and  the  backing  shall  be 
of  such  thickness  as  to  make  the  walls  (independent  of  the  ashlar) 
conform  to  the  thickness  required  by  this  chapter.  Iron  ashlar 
plates  in  imitation  of  stone  ashlar  on  the  face  of  a  wall  shall 
be  backed  up  with  the  same  thickness  of  brick  work  as  stone 
ashlar. 

USE  OF  EXISTING  PARTY  WALLS. 

Sec.  83.  Walls  heretofore  built  for  or  used  as  party  walls, 
whose  thickness  at  the  time  of  their  erection  was  in  accordance 
with  the  requirements  of  the  then  existing  laws,  but  which  are  not 
in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  title,  may  be  used  if 
in  good  condition  for  the  ordinary  uses  of  party  wails,  provided 
the  height  of  the  same  be  not  increased.  In  case  it  is  desired  to 
increase  the  height  of  existing  party  or  independent  walls,  which 
walls  are  less  in  thickness  than  required  under  this  title,  the  same 
shall  be  done  by  a  lining  of  brickwork  to  form  a  combined  thick- 
ness with  the  old  wall  of  not  less  than  four  inches  more  than  the 
thickness  required  for  a  new  wall  corresponding  with  the  total 
height  of  the  wall  when  so  increased  in  height.  The  said  lining 
shall  be  supported  on  proper  foundations  and  carried  up  to  such 
height  as  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  require.  No  lining  shall 
be  less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness,  and  all  lining  shall  be  laid 
up  in  cement  mortar  and  thoroughly  anchored  to  the  old  brick 
walls  with  suitable  wrought  iron  anchors,  placed  two   feet  apart 


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and  properly  fastened  or  driven  into  the  old  walls  in  rows  alternat- 
ing vertically  and  horizontally  with  each  other,  the  old  walls  being- 
first  cleaned  of  plaster  or  other  coatings  where  any  lining  is  to 
be  built  against  the  same. 

WALLS  TO   BE  BUILT   UNIFORMLY   AND   BONDED. 

Sec.  84.  In  no  case  shall  any  wall  or  walls  of  any  building  be 
carried  up  more  than  two  stories  in  advance  of  any  other  wall,  ex- 
cept by  permission  of  the  inspector  of  buildings.  The  front,  rear, 
side  and  party  walls  shall  be  properly  bonded  together,  or  anchored 
to  each  other  every  six  feet  in  their  height  by  wrought-iron  tie 
anchors,  not  less  than  one  and  a  half  inches  by  three-eighths  of  an 
inch  in  size,  and  not  less  than  twenty-four  inches  long. 

W^ALLS  TO  BE  BRACED  DURING  CONSTRUCTION. 

Sec.  85.  The  walls  of  every  building,  during  the  erection  or 
alteration  thereof,  shall  be  strongly  braced  from  the  beams  of 
each  story,  and  when  required,  shall  also  be  braced  from  the  out- 
side, until  the  building  is  inclosed.  The  roof  tier  of  wooden  beams 
shall  be  safely  anchored  with  plank  or  joist  to  the  beams  of  the 
story  below  until  the  building  is  inclosed. 

Every  temporary  support  placed  under  any  structure,  wall, 
girder  or  beam,  during  the  erection,  finishing,  alteration  or  re- 
pairing of  any  building  or  structure,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be 
of  sufficient  strength  to  safely  carry  the  load  to  be  placed  thereon. 

HEIGHT    OF    STORIES. 

Sec.  86.  The  height  of  all  stories  for  all  given  thicknesses  of 
walls  must  not  exceed  eleven  feet  in  the  clear  for  the  basement, 
seventeen  feet  in  the  clear  for  the  first  story,  fourteen  feet  in  the 
clear  for  the  second  story,  and  twelve  feet  in  the  clear  in  all  stories 
above  the  second.  If  any  story  exceed  these  heights  respectively 
the  walls  of  such  story  and  the  walls  of  all  stories  below  the  same 
shall  be  increased  four  inches  in  thickness  additional  to  the  thick- 
nesses already  mentioned. 

WALLS  OF  LIGHT  OR  VENT  SHAFTS. 

Sec.  87.  In  every  building  hereafter  erected,  all  the  walls  or 
partitions   forming   interior   light  or  vent   shafts   shall   be  built   of 


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l)rick  or  such  other  firc-jM-oof  materials  as  may  be  approved  by 
the  inspector  of  biiilding-s.  The  walls  of  all  light  or  vent  shafts, 
whedier  exterior  or  interior,  hereafter  erected,  shall  be  carried  up 
not  less  than  three  feet  above  the  level  of  the  roof. 

PARTITION    WALLS. 

Sec.  88.  Eiiiht-inch  brick  and  six-inch  and  four-inch  hojlow 
tile  partition  walls  of  hard-burnt  clay  or  porous  terra  cotta  may 
be  built,  not  exceding  in  their  vertical  portion  a  measurement  of 
fifty,  thirty-six  and  twenty-four  feet  respectively,  and  in  their 
horizontal  measurement  a  leng-th  not  exceeding-  seventy-five  feet, 
unless  strengthened  by  proper  cross  walls,  piers  or  buttresses 
bonded  into  same.  All  such  walls  shall  be  carried  on  proper 
foundations  or  on  iron  girders,  or  on  iron  girders  and  columns  or 
piers  of  masonry.  One  line  of  fore  and  aft  partitions  in  the  cellar 
or  lowest  story,  supporting  stud  partitions  above,  in  all  buildings 
over  eighteen  feet  between  bearing  walls  in  the  cellar  or  lowest 
story,  hereafter  erected,  shall  be  constructed  of  brick  not  less 
than  eight  inches  thick,  or  piers  of  brick  with  openings  arched 
over  below  the  underside  of  the  first  tier  of  beams,  or  piers  of 
brick,  or  iron  columns,  with  wooden  girders  when  the  first  tier  of 
floor  beams  are  of  wood,  or  iron  or  steel  girders  when  the  floor 
beams  are  of  iron  or  steel,  or  rolled  iron  or  steel  beams  of  sufficient 
strength  to  span  the  entire  width  for  the  first  tier  of  beams  may 
be  used,  and  the  stairs  shall  be  inclosed  by  a  suitable  brick  wall 
carried  up  to  the  top  of  the  tier  of  beams  nearest  the  curb  line. 

Fore  and  aft  stud  partitions  and  such  other  main  stud  parti- 
tions as  ma}-  be  required  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  which  may 
be  placed  in  the  cellar  or  lowest  story  of  any  building,  shall  have 
good  solid  stone  or  brick  foundation  walls  under  the  same,  which 
shall  be  built  up  to  the  top  of  the  floor  beams  or  sleepers,  and  the 
sills  of  said  partitions  shall  be  of  yellow  pine  or  other  suitable 
hard  wood ;  but  if  the  walls  are  built  five  inches  higher  of  brick 
than  top  of  the  floor  beams  or  sleepers,  any  wooden  sill  may  be 
used  on  which  the  studs  shall  be  set.  Fore  and  aft  stud  partitions 
that  rest  directly  over  each  other  shall  run  through  the  wooden 
floor  beams  and  rest  on  the  plate  of  the  partition  below.  All 
girders  supporting  the  first  tier  of  wooden  beams  in  buildings  shall 
be  supported  by  brick  piers,  or  iron,  locust  or  other  suitable  hard 
wood  posts  of  sufficient  strength  on  proper  foundations. 


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RECESSES    AND    CHASES    IN    WALLS. 

Sec.  8Q.  Recesses  for  stairways  or  elevators  may  be  left  in  the 
foundation  or  cellar  walls  of  all  buildings,  but  in  no  case  shall  the 
walls.be  of  less  thickness  than  the  walls  of  the  third  story,  unless 
reinforced  by  additional  piers,  with  iron  girders  or  iron  columns 
and  girders,  securely  anchored  to  walls  on  each  side  of  recess. 
No  chase  for  water  or  other  pipes  shall  be  made  in  any  wall  more 
than  one-third  of  its  thickness,  and  the  chases  around  said  pipe 
or  pipes  shall  be  filled  up  with  solid  masonry  for  the  space  of  one 
foot  at  the  top  and  bottom  of  each  story.  Recesses  for  alcoves 
and  similar  purposes  shall  in  no  case  have  less  than  eight  inches 
of  brick  work  at  the  back  of  such  recesses,  and  provided  that  such 
recesses  shall  not  be  more  than  eight  feet  in  width,  and  shall  be 
arched  over  and  not  carried  up  higher  than  eighteen  inches  below 
the  bottom  of  the  beams  of  the  floor  next  above.  The  aggregate 
area  of  recesses  in  any  wall  shall  not  exceed  one-fourth  of  the 
whole  area  of  the  face  of  the  wall  on  any  story,  nor  shall  any  such 
recess  be  made  within  a  distance  of  six  feet  from  any  other  one  in 
the  same  wall. 

openings    for    doors    AND    WINDOWS. 

Sec.  90.  Openings  for  doors  and  windows  in  all  buildings,  ex- 
cept as  otherwise  provided,  shall  have  good  and  sufficient  arches 
of  stone,  brick  or  terra  cotta,  well  built  and  keyed  with  good  and 
sufficient  abutments,  or  lintels  of  stone  as  follows :  For  an  open- 
ing not  more  than  four  feet  in  width,  the  lintel  shall  not  be  less 
than  eight  inches  in  height ;  and  for  an  opening  not  more  than  six 
feet  in  width,  the  lintel  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches  in 
height;  and  for  an  opening  exceeding  six  feet  in  width,  and  not 
more  than  eight  feet  in  width,  the  lintel  shall  be  the  full  thickness 
of  the  wall  to  be  supported,  and  not  less  than  fifteen  inches  in 
height.  Every  stone  lintel  over  such  opening  six  feet  or  less  in 
width,  in  all  walls,  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  thick,  and 
shall  have  a  bearing  at  each  end  of  not  less  than  five  inches  on 
the  wall.  On  the  inside  of  all  openings  in  which  the  stone  lintel 
shall  be  less  than  the  thickness  of  the  wall  to  be  supported,  there 
shall  be  a  good  timber  lintel  on  the  inside  of  the  stone  lintel, 
which  shall  rest  at  each  end  not  more  than  three  inches  on  any 
wall,  and  shall  be  chamfered  at  each  end,  and  shall  have  a  double 
row-lock    or   bonded    arch    turned    over    the    timber  lintel ;  or  the 


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inside  lintel  may  be  of  oast-iron,  and  in  such  case  stone  blocks  or 
cast-iron  plates  shall  not  be  required  at  the  ends  where  the  lintel 
rests  on  the  walls  provided  the  opening  is  not  more  than  six  feet 
in  width. 

PROTECTION    FROM    FIRES, 

Sec.  91.  In  all  furred  or  studded  walls  the  course  of  brick 
above  the  under  side  and  below  the  top  of  each  tier  of  floor  beams 
shall  project  the  thickness  of  the  furring  or  studs,  to  more  effec- 
tually prevent  the  spread  of  fire.  The  walls  and  piers  of  all 
buildings  shall  be  properly  bonded  and  solidly  put  together  with 
close  joints  filled  with  mortar.  They  shall  be  built  to  a  line  and 
be  carried  up  plumb  and  straight.  The  walls  of  each  story  shall 
be  built  up  the  full  thickness  to  the  top  of  the  beams  above. 

CELLAR    FLOOR   AND   CEILINGS. 

Sec.  92.  The  floor  of  the  cellar  or  the  lowest  story  in  every 
dwelling  house,  tenement  house,  apartment  house,  lodging  house 
and  hotel  hereafter  erected,  shall  be  brick  paved  or  concreted  with 
suitable  materials.  The  ceiling  over  every  cellar  or  lowest  floor  in 
dwelling  houses  more  than  three  stories  in  height,  when  the  beams 
are  of  wood,  shall  be  lathed  with  metal  lath  and  plastered  thereon 
with  a  heavy  coat  of  brown  mortar  of  good  materials. 

BACKING    FOR    WAINSCOTING. 

Sec.  93.  When  wood  wainscoting  is  used  in  any  building 
hereafter  erected,  the  surface  of  the  wall  or  partition  behind  such 
wainscoting  shall  be  plastered  down  to  the  floor  line,  and  any  in- 
tervening space  between  the  said  plastering  and  wainscoting  shall 
be  filled  in  solid  with  incombustible  material. 

FIRE   STOPS. 

Sec.  94.  All  buildings  in  the  fire  district  hereafter  built  shall 
have  fire  stops  of  incombustible  material  at  each  floor,  from  the 
bottom  of  the  floor  joists  to  three  inches  above  the  top  of  the 
same.  Said  fire  stops  at  each  floor  shall  fill  the  space  full  between 
all  of  the  studding,  and  between  all  furring  on  external  walls  of 
the  building  and  throughout  the  interior  wherever  the  floor  joists 
have  a  bearing.     All  buildings   outside  the   fire   district  hereafter 


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built  shall  have  a  fire  stop  similar  to  the  above  at  the  first  floor, 
and  at  each  floor  above  the  first  shall  have  a  smoke  stop  of  wood 
the  full  width  of  studding  and  not  less  than  two  inches  thick.  An 
incombustible  fire  stop  shall  be  put  around  all  vertical  piping;  at 
each  floor  in  all  buildings.  All  ventilation  ducts  or  pipes  shall  be 
of  incombustible  materials  in  all  buidings. 

BUILDINGS    FOR   RESIDENCES    OVER    STORES. 

Sec.  95.  All  buildings  three  stories  in  height  and  over,  which 
are  used  for  residence  purposes  over  a  store,  or  stores,  shall  have 
the  whole  space  of  the  second  story  floor  over  said  store  or  stores 
protected  by  an  approved  fire-proof  material,  or  a  layer  at  least 
one  inch  thick  of  tile,  brick,  terra  cotta  or  like  fire-made  material ; 
plaster,  cement,  cinder,  or  ashes,  or  a  combination  of  the  same, 
laid  between  the  under  and  upper  flooring  or  between  the  joists. 

AUTHORITIES. 

Sec.  96.  The  dimensions  of  each  piece  or  combination  of  mate- 
rials required  shall  be  ascertained  by  computation  according  to  the 
rules  and  data  given  in  Haswell's  Mechanics'  and  Engineers' 
Pocket  Book,  Trautwine's  Engineers'  Pocket  Book,  or  Kidder's 
Architects'  and  Builders'  Pocket  Book,  except  as  may  be  otherwise 
provided  in  this  title. 

Stresses  for  materials  and  forms  of  same  not  herein  mentioned 
shall  be  those  determined  by  the  best  modern  practice. 

FACTORS    OF    SAFETY. 

Sec.  97.  The  factors  of  safety  shall  be  as  one  to  four  for  all 
beams,  girders  and  other  pieces  subject  to  a  traverse  strain;  as 
one  to  four  for  all  posts,  columns,  or  other  vertical  supports  when 
of  wrought-iron  or  rolled  steel,  and  as  one  to  six  for  cast-iron 
posts,  columns  or  other  vertical  supports ;  as  one  to  five  for  other 
materials  subject  to  a  compression  strain,  and  as  one  to  six  for 
tie-rods,  tie-beams,   and  other  pieces   subject  to  a  tensile  strain. 

STRENGTH    OF    COLUMNS. 

Sec.  98.  The  strength  of  all  columns  and  posts  shall  be  com- 
puted according  to  Gordon's  formula,  and  the  crushing  weights  in 
pounds  to  the  square  inch  of  section,  used  as  coefficients  in  said 


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formula,    shall    not    exceed    the    followini^    for    materials    named, 

namely  : 

Pounds. 

Cast-iron    80,000 

Rolled  steel  50,000 

Wrought   or   rolled    iron    40,000 

American    oak    4,500 

Pitch,  or  Georgia  vellow  pine    5,000 

White  pine    .  .^.  . .  .' 3,500 

Spruce    4,000 

STRRXGTII    OF    P.KAMS. 

Sec.  99.  The  breaking  load  in  pounds  applied  at  the  center 
of  wooden  beams  and  girders  shall  be  computed  according  to  the 
following  formula,  namely : 

Breaking  load  = in  which 

b  :=  breadth  of  beam  in  inches, 
d  =  depth  of  beam  in  inches. 
L  =:  to  span  to  center  of  bearings  in  feet. 
The  values  of  A  for  the  several  woods  are  as  follows,  namely: 

Pounds. 

Hemlock 212 

Spruce    280 

White  pine  240 

Pitch,  or  Georgia  yellow  pine   400 

American  oak  300 

The  wooden  beams  and  girders  carrying  a  uniformly  distributed 
load  the  constants  will  be  doubled. 

STRENGTH    OF    FLOORS    AND    ROOFS. 

Sec.  100.  In  every  building  to  be  used  as  a  dwelling  house, 
tenement  house,  or  lodging  house,  each  floor  shall  be  of  sufficient 
strength  to  bear  safely  upon  every  superficial  foot  not  less  than 
sixty  pounds ;  if  to  be  used  as  a  schoolhouse  or  place  of  instruction, 
not  less  than  seventy  five  pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot ;  if 
to  be  used  as  a  hotel  or  apartment-house  not  less  than  sixty 
pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot  and  one  hundred  pounds  upon 
every  superficial  foot  in  all  halls,  corridors,  offices,  dining  rooms, 
cafes  and  in  all  other  rooms  and  spaces  for  public  use ;  if  to  be 
used  as  a  place  of  public  assembly  not  less  than  one  hundred  and 


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ten  pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot ;  if  to  be  used  for  ordinary 
stores,  light  manufacturing  and  light  storage  not  less  than  one 
hundred  and  twenty  pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot ;  if  to  be 
used  as  a  store  where  heavy  materials  are  kept  or  stored,  ware- 
house, factory  or  for  any  other  manufacturing  or  commercial  pur- 
pose, not  less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  upon  every  super- 
ficial   foot. 

Every  floor  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  bear  safely  the 
weight  to  be  imposed  thereon  in  addition  to  the  weight  of  the 
materials  of  which  the  floor  is  composed. 

The  strength  of  factory  floors  intended  to  carry  running  ma- 
chinery shall  be  increased  above  the  minimum  given  to  be  trans- 
mitted to  the  floor  as  may  be  required  by  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings. 

The  roof  of  all  buildings  shall  be  proportioned  to  bear  safely 
forty  pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot  of  their  surface  in  addi- 
tion to  the  weight  of  the  material  composing  the  same. 


WEIGHT    THAT    FLOOR    WILL    SUSTAIN, 

Sec.  101.  In  all  warehouses,  storehouses,  factories,  workshops, 
stores,  and  other  buildings  where  heavy  materials  are  kept  or 
stored,  or  machinery  introduced,  the  weight  that  each  floor  will 
safely  sustain  upon  each  superficial  foot  thereof  shall  be  estimated 
by  the  owner,  or  occupant,  or  by  a  competent  person  employed  by 
the  owner,  or  occupant.  Before  any  building  hereafter  erected 
is  occupied,  and  used,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  of  the  purposes 
aforesaid,  and  before  any  building  erected  prior  to  the  passage  of 
this  act,  but  not  at  such  time  occupied  for  any  of  the  aforesaid 
purposes,  is  occupied  or  used,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  of  said 
purposes,  the  weight  that  each  floor  will  safely  sustain  upon  each 
superficial  foot  thereof  shall  be  ascertained  and  posted  in  a  con- 
spicuous place  on  each  story  of  the  building  to  which  it  relates. 
The  weight  placed  on  any  of  the  floors  of  any  building  shall  be 
safely  distributed  thereon,  and  the  inspector  of  buildings  may 
require  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building,  or  of  any  portion 
thereof,  to  re-distribute  where  he  may  deem  the  same  to  be  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  life  and  property. 


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WEIGHT   OF   BUILOING    MATERIAL. 


Sec.  102.  In  computing-  the  weight  of  walls,  a  cubic  foot  of 
brick  work  shall  be  deemed  to  weigh  one  hundred  and  fifteen 
pounds.  Sandstone,  white  marble,  granite  and  other  kinds  of 
building  stone  shall  be  deemed  to  weig"h  one  hundred  and  sixty 
pounds  per  cubic  foot.  The  safe-bearing  load  to  apply  to  good 
brick  work  shall  be  taken  at  eight  tons  per  superficial  foot,  when 
good  lime  mortar  is  used;  eleven  and  one-half  tons  per  superficial 
foot,  when  good  lime  and  cement  mortar  mixed  is  used ;  and  fif- 
teen tons  per  superficial  foot  when  good  cement  mortar  is  used. 

SAFE    BEARING    LOADS    FOR    EARTH    AND    CONCRETE. 

Sec.  103.  Good,  solid,  natural  earth  shall  be  deemed  to  safely 
sustain  a  load  of  four  tons  to  the  superficial  foot,  or  as  otherwise 
determined  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  and  the  width  of  the 
footing  courses  shall  be  at  least  sufficient  to  meet  this  require- 
ment. 

The  safe-bearing  load  to  apply  to  good  concrete  shall  be  taken 
at  eleven  tons  per  superficial  foot. 

BUILDINGS  TO  BE  FIREPROOF. 

Sec.  104.  Every  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  to  be 
used  as  a  hotel  or  apartment  house,  the  height  of  which  exceeds 
sixty  feet ;  and  every  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  to  be 
used  as  a  s^choolhouse,  place  of  instruction,  hospital,  asylum,  or 
institution  for  the  treatment  of  persons,  the  height  of  which  ex- 
ceeds forty-five  feet;  and  every  other  building  the  height  of  which 
exceeds  seventy-five  feet,  except  grain  elevators  and  church  spires, 
shall  be  built  fireproof.  Said  fireproof  construction  to  consist  of 
non-combustible  materials  throughout,  except  that  wood  may  be 
used  for  under  and  surface  floors,  window  and  door  frames, 
sashes,  doors,  standing  finish  such  as  architraves  or  trim,  hand- 
rails for  stairs,  necessary  sleepers  bedded  in  concrete  or  other 
approved  non-combustible  material,  and  for  isolated  furring  blocks 
bedded  in  the  plaster.  There  shall  be  no  air  space  behind  or  sur- 
rounding any  woodwork. 


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FIREPROOF    CONSTRUCTION    AND    FIREPROOFING. 

Sec,  105.  The  floors  and  roofs  of  all  fireproof  buildings  shall 
be  constructed  of  iron  or  steel  beams,  with  brick,  hard-burnt  clay, 
or  porous  terra  cotta  arches,  or  of  iron  or  steel  beams  with 
wro-ught-iron  or  steel  bars,  wire  strands,  expanded  metal  or  wire 
cloth  in  approved  combination  with  other  non-combustible  ma- 
terial, proinded,  hozvever,  that  any  system  of  fireproof  floor  con- 
struction consisting  of  a  combination  of  metal  and  non-combusti- 
ble material  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  inspector  of 
buildings  before  being  used. 

All  constructional  iron  or  steel  work  shall  be  protected  in  every 
part  at  least  two  inches  in  thickness  of  hard-burnt  clay,  porous 
terra  cotta,  or  other  approved  fireproof  material  allowed  to  be 
used  for  the  filling  between  the  beams  under  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  such  incasing  material  to  be  properly  secured  to  the  iron 
and  steel  work.  In  the  case  of  columns  the  extreme  outer  edge  of 
lugs,  brackets,  and  similar  supporting  metal  may  project  to  within 
seven-eighths  of  an  inch  of  the  surface  of  the  fireproofing. 

Brick,  hard-burnt  clay,  and  porous  terra  cotta  arches  to  be  laid 
on  centers  with  close  joints  well  filled  with  Portland  cement  mortar 
in  the  proportions  of  not  more  than  two  of  sand  to  one  of 
cement  by  measure.  The  arches  constructed  in  such  a  manner 
that  the  key  blocks  shall  always  fall  in  the  central  portion. 

IRON    AND    STEEL    CONSTRUCTION — FIBER    STRESS    FOR    STEEL 

AND  IRON. 

Sec.  106.  All  girders,  beams,  corbels,  brackets  and  trusses,  if 
made  of  steel,  shall  be  so  proportioned  that  the  maximum  fiber 
stress  will  not  exceed  16,000  pounds  per  square  inch ;  or  if  made 
of  rolled  or  wrought-iron,  the  maximum  fiber  stress  shall  not  ex- 
ceed  12,000  pounds  per  square  inch. 

Iron  or  steel  floor  beams  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  spacing  and 
length  of  beams  that  the  load  to  be  supported  by  them,  together 
with  the  weights  of  the  materials  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
said  floors,  shall  not  cause  a  deflection  of  the  said  beams  of  more 
than  one-thirtieth  of  an  inch  per  linear  foot  of  span;  and  they 
shall  be  tied  together  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  eight  times 
the  depth  of  the  beam. 


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MAXIiMUIM     STKKSSES    IX     RIVETED    PLATE    GIRDERS. 

Sec.  107.  The  niaxiimnn  stresses  in  riveted  plate  girders  shall 
not  exceed  the  following,  nan'iely :  Stresses  in  top  and  bottom 
flanges  14,000  pounds  per  square  inch  for  steel,  and  12,000  pounds 
per  square  inch  for  iron,  net  area  in  each  case;  shearing  stress  in 
web  9,000  pounds  per  square  inch  for  steel,  and  6,000  pounds  per 
square  inch  for  iron,  but  no  web  plate  shall  be  less  than  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  in  thickness.  Riveted  plate  girders  shall  be  pro- 
portioned upon  the  supposition  that  the  bending  on  flanges  strains 
are  resisted  entirely  by  the  upper  and  lower  flanges,  and  that  the 
shearing  strains  arc  resisted  entirely  by  the  web  plate.  No  part 
of  the  web  shall  be  estimated  as  flange  area.  The  distance  be- 
tween the  centers  of  gravity  of  the  flange  areas  shall  be  consid- 
ered as  the  effective  depth  of  the  girder.  Rivets  in  plate  girders 
shall  not  be  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 

The  maximum  stress  per  square  inch  of  rivet  area  (single  shear) 
shall  not  exceed  the  following  for  all  kinds  of  riveted  work, 
namely :  For  shop  driven  rivets  10,000  pounds  for  steel  and 
7,500  pounds  for  iron,  and  for  field  driven  rivets  8,000  pounds  for 
steel,  and  6,000  pounds  for  iron.  The  maximum  direct  bearing 
for  rivets  and  pins  shall  not  exceed  20,000  pounds  per  square  inch 
for  steel,  and   15,000  pounds  per  square  inch   for  wrought-iron. 

skeleton  construction. 

Sec.  108.  Where  columns  are  used  to  support  iron  or  steel 
girders  carrying  inclosure  walls,  the  said  columns  shall  be  of  cast- 
iron,  wrought-iron,  or  rolled  steel,  and  on  their  exposed  outer  and 
inner  surfaces  be  constructed  to  resist  fire  by  having  a  casing  of 
brickwork  not  les^  than  eight  inches  in  thickness  on  the  outer 
surfaces,  nor  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness  on  the  inner 
surfaces,  and  all  bonded  into  the  brickwork  of  the  inclosure  walls. 
The  exposed  sides  of  the  iron  or  steel  girders  shall  be  similarly 
covered  in  with  brickw'ork  not  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness 
on  the  outer  surfaces  and  tied  and  bonded,  but  the  extreme  outer 
edge  of  the  flanges  of  beams,  or  plates  or  angles  connected  to  the 
beams,  may  project  to  within  two  inches  of  the  outside  surface  of 
the  brick  casing.  The  inside  surfaces  of  girders  may  be  similarly 
covered  with  brickwork,  or  if  projecting  inside  of  the  wall,  they 
shall  be  protected  by  terra  cotta,  concrete  or  other  fireproof  ma- 


—189— 

terial.     Girders    for    the    support  of    the    inclosure  walls   shall  be 
placed  at  the  floor  line  of  each  story. 

STEEL    AND    WROUGHT-IRON    COLUMNS. 

Sec.  109.  No  part  of  a  steel  or  wrought-iron  column  shall  be 
less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  thick.  No  wrought-iron  or  rolled 
steel  column  shall  have  an  unsupported  length  of  more  than  forty 
times  its  least  lateral  dimension  or  diameter,  except  in  such  cases 
as  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  specially  allow  a  greater  unsup- 
ported length.  The  ends  of  all  columns  shall  be  faced  to  a  plane 
surface  at  right  angles  to  the  axis  of  the  columns  and  the  con- 
nection between  them  shall  be  made  with  splice  plates.  The 
joint  may  be  effected  by  rivets  of  sufficient  size  and  number  to 
transmit  the  entire  stress,  and  then  the  splice  plates  shall  be 
equal  in  sectional  area  to  the  area  of  column  spliced.  When  the 
section  of  the  column^  to  be  spliced  is  such  that  spliced  plates 
cannot  be  used,  a  connection  formed  of  plates  and  angles  may  be 
used,  designed  to  properly  distribute  the  stress.  No  material, 
whether  in  the  body  of  the  column  or  used  as  lattice-bar  or  stay- 
plate,  shall  be  used  in  any  v>Tought-iron  or  steel  column  of  less 
thickness  than  one-thirty-second  of  its  unsupported  width  meas- 
ured between  centers  of  rivets  transversely,  or  one  sixteenth  the 
distance  between  centers  of  rivets  in  the  direction  of  the  stress. 
Stay-plates  are  to  have  not  less  than  four  rivets,  and  are  to  be 
spaced  so  that  the  ratio  of  length  by  the  least  radius  of  gyration 
of  the  parts  connected  does  not  exceed  forty ;  the  distance  between 
nearest  rivets  of  two  stay-plates  shall  in  this  case  be  considered 
as  length.  Steel  and  wrought-iron  columns  shall  be  made  in 
one,  two  or  three-story  lengths,  and  the  materials  shall  be  rolled 
in  one  length  wherever  practicable  to  avoid  intemiediate  splices. 
Where  any  part  of  the  section  of  a  column  projects  beyond  that  of 
the  column  below,  the  difference  shall  be  made  up  by  filling  plates 
secured  to  column  by  the  proper  number  of  rivets.  Shoes  of  iron 
or  steel,  as  described  for  cast-iron  columns,  or  built  shoes  of  plates 
and  shapes  may  be  used,  complying  with  the  same  requirements. 

CAST-IRON    COLUMNS. 

Sec.  110.  Cast-iron  columns  shall  not  have  less  diameter  than 
five  inches,  or  less  thickness  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch.  Nor 
shall  they  have  an  unsupported  length  of  more  than  twenty  times 


—190— 

their  least  lateral  dimensions  or  diameter,  except  the  same  may 
form  part  of  an  elevator  inclosure  or  staircase,  and  also  except 
in  such  cases  as  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  specially  allow  a 
greater  unsupported  length.  All  cast-iron  columns  shall  be  of 
good  workmanship  and  material.  The  top  and  bottom  flanges, 
seats  and  lugs  shall  be  of  ample  strength,  reinforced  by  fillets  and 
brackets ;  they  shall  be  not  less  than  one  inch  in  thickness  when 
finished.  All  columns  must  be  faced  at  the  ends  to  a  true  sur- 
face perpendicular  to  the  axis  of  the  column.  Column  joints  shall 
be  secured  by  not  less  than  four  bolts  each,  not  less  than  three- 
quarters  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  The  holes  for  these  bolts  shall 
be  drilled  to  a  template.  The  core  of  a  column  below  a  joint  shall 
be  not  larger  than  the  core  of  the  column  above  and  the  metal 
shall  be  tapered  down  for  a  distance  of  not  less  than  six  inches,  or 
a  joint  plate  may  be  inserted  of  sufficient  strength  to  distribute 
the  load.  The  thickness  of  metal  shall  be  not  less  than  one- 
twelfth  the  diameter  or  the  greatest  lateral  dimension  of  cross  sec- 
tion, but  never  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch.  Wherever 
the  core  of  a  cast-iron  column  has  shifted  more  than  one-fourth 
the  thickness  of  the  shell,  the  strength  shall  be  computed  assum- 
ing the  thickness  of  metal  all  around  equal  to  the  thinnest  part, 
and  the  column  shall  be  condemned  if  this  computation  shows  the 
strength  to  be  less  than  required  by  this  ordinance.  Wherever 
blowholes  or  imperfections  are  found  in  a  cast-iron  column  which 
reduces  the  area  of  the  cross-section  at  that  point  more  than  ten 
per  cent.,  such  column  shall  be  condemned.  Cast-iron  posts  or 
columns  not  cast  with  one  open  side  or  back,  before  being  set  up 
in  place,  shall  have  a  three-eighths  of  an  inch  hole  drilled  in  the 
shaft  of  each  post  or  column,  by  the  manufacturer  or  contractor 
furnishing  the  same,  to  exhibit  the  thickness  of  the  castings ;  and 
any  other  similar  sized  hole  or  holes  which  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings may  require,  shall  be  drilled  in  the  said  posts  or  columns  by 
the   said  manufacturer  or   contractor   at   his   own   expense. 

Iron  or  steel  shoes  or  plates  shall  be  used  under  the  bottom  tier 
of  columns  to  properly  distribute  the  load  on  the  foundation.  Shoes 
shall  be  placed  on  top. 

DOUBLE    COLUMNS. 

Sec.  111.  In  all  buildings  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  where 
any  iron  or  steel  column  or  columns  are  used  to  support  a  wall  or 


—191— 

part  thereof,  whether  the  same  be  an  exterior  or  an  interior  wall, 
and  columns  located  below  the  level  of  the  sidewalk  which  are 
used  to  support  exterior  walls  or  arches  over  vaults,  the  said  col- 
umn or  columns  shall  be  either  constructed  double,  that  is,  an 
outer  and  an  inner  column,  the  inner  column  alone  to  be  of  suffi- 
cient strength  to  sustain  safely  the  weight  to  be  imposed  thereon, 
and  the  outer  columns  shall  be  one  inch  shorter  than  the  inner 
columns,  or  such  other  iron  or  steel  column  of  sufficient  strength, 
and  protected  with  not  less  than  two  inches  of  fireproof  material 
securely  applied,  except  that  double  or  protected  columns  shall  not 
be  required  for  walls  fronting  on  streets  or  courts. 

PARTY    WALL    POSTS. 

Sec.  112.  If  iron  or  steel  posts  are  to  be  used  as  party  posts 
in  front  of  a  party  wall,  and  intended  for  two  buildings,  then  the 
said  posts  shall  be  not  less  in  width  than  the  thickness  of  the  party 
wall,  nor  less  in  depth  than  the  thickness  of  the  wall  to  be  sup- 
ported above.  Iron  or  s,teel  posts  in  front  of  side,  division  or 
party  walls,  shall  be  filled  up  solid  with  masonry  and  made  per- 
fectly tight  between  the  posts  and  walls.  Intermediate  posts 
may  be  used,  which  shall  be  sufficiently  strong,  and  the  lintels 
thereon  shall  have  sufficient  bearings  to  carry  the  weight  above 
with  safety. 

PLATES    BETWEEN    JOINTS    OF    OPEN    BACK    COLUMNS. 

Sec.  113.  Iron  or  steel  posts' or  columns  with  one  or  more  open 
side-s  and  backs  shall  have  solid  iron  plates  on  top  of  each,  except- 
ing where  pierced  for  the  passage  of  pipes. 

STEEL    AND    IRON    GIRDERS. 

Sec.  114.  Rivets  in  flanges  shall  be  spaced  so  that  the  least 
value  of  a  rivet  for  either  shear  or  bearing  is  equal  or  greater  than 
the  increment  of  strain  due  to  the  distance  between  adjoining  riv- 
ets. All  other  rules  given  under  riveting  shall  be  followed.  The 
length  of  rivets  between  heads  shall  be  limited  to  four  times  the 
diameter.  The  compression  flange  of  plate  girders  shall  be  se- 
cured against  buckling,  if  its  length  exceeds  thirty  times  its  width. 
If  splices  are  used,  they  shall  fully  make  good  the  members  spliced 


—192— 

in  either  tension  or  compression.  Stiffeners  shall  be  provided 
over  supports  and  under  concentrated  loads ;  they  shall  be  of  suf- 
ficient strength,  as  a  column,  to  carry  the  loads,  and  shall  be  con- 
nected with  a  sufficient  number  of  rivets  to  transmit  the  stresses 
into  the  web  plate.  Stiflfeners  shall  fit  so  as  to  support  the  flanges 
of  the  girders.  If  the  unsupported  depth  of  the  web  plate  ex- 
ceeds sixty  times  its  thickness,  stiffeners  shall  be  used  at  intervals 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  twenty  times  the  thickness  of  the 
web. 

ROLLED    STEEL    AND    WROUGIIT-IRON    BEAMS    USED    AS    GIRDERS. 

Sec.  115.  When  rolled  steel  or  wrought-iron  beams  are  used 
in  pairs  to  form  a  girder,  they  shall  be  connected  together  by 
bolts  and  iron  separators  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  six  times 
the  depth  of  the  beam  and  in  any  case  not  more  than  six  feet. 
All  beams  twelve  inches  and  over  in  depth  shall  have  at  least  two 
bolts  to  each  separator. 

CAST-IRON    LINTELS. 

Sec.  116.  Cast-iron  lintels  shall  not  be  used  for  spans  exceed- 
ing twelve  feet.  Cast-iron  lintels  or  beams  shall  be  not  less  than 
three-quarters  of  an   inch  in  thickness  in   any  of  their  parts. 

PLATES   UNDER  ENDS  OF   LINTELS  AND  GIRDERS. 

Sec.  117.  When  the  lintels  or  girders  are  supported  at  the 
ends  by  brick  walls  or  piers  they  shall  rest  upon  cut  granite,  East 
Haven  stone,  or  bluestone  blocks  at  least  eight  inches  thick,  or 
upon  cast-iron  plates  of  equal  strength  by  the  full  size  of  the 
bearings.  In  case  the  opening  is  less  than  twelve  feet,  the  stone 
blocks  may  be  five  inches  in  thickness,  or  cast-iron  plates  of  equal 
strength  by  the  full  size  of  the  bearings,  may  be  used,  provided 
that  in  all  cases  the  safe  loads  do  not  exceed  those  fixed  by  sec- 
tion   102  of   this   ordinance. 

ROLLED  STEEL  AND   WROUGHT-IRON   FLOOR  AND  ROOF  BEAMS. 

Sec.  118.  All  rolled  steel  and  wrought-iron  floor  and  roof 
beams  used  in  buildings  shall  be  of  full  weight,  straight  and  free 


—193— 

from  injurious  defects.  Holes  for  tie  rods  shall  be  placed  as  near 
the  thrust  of  the  arch  as  practicable.  The  distance  between  tie 
rods  in  floors  shall  not  exceed  eight  feet,  and  shall  not  exceed 
eight  times  the  depth  of  floor  beams  twelve  inches  and  under. 
Channels  or  other  shapes  where  used  as  skewbacks,  shall  have  a 
sufficient  resisting  moment  to  take  up  the  thrust  of  the  arch. 
Bearing  plates  of  stone  or  metal  shall  be  used  to  reduce  the  pres- 
sure on  the  wall  to  the  working  stress.  Beams  resting  on  girders 
shall  be  securely  riveted  or  bolted  to  the  same;  where  joined  on  a 
girder,  tie  straps  of  one-half  inch  net  sectional  area  shall  be  used, 
with  rivets  or  bolts  to  correspond.  Anchors  shall  be  provided  at 
the  ends  of  all  such  beams  bearing  on  walls. 


TEMPLATES    UNDER    ENDS    OF    STEEL    OR    IRON    FLOOR    BEAMS. 

Sec.  119.  Under  the  ends  of  all  iron  or  steel  beams  where  they 
rest  on  the  walls,  a  stone  or  cast-iron  template  shall  be  built  into 
the  walls.  Templates  under  ends  of  steel  or  iron  beams  shall  be 
of  such  dimensions  as  to  bring  no  greater  pressure  upon  the 
brickwork  than  that  allowed  by  section  103  of  this  ordinance. 
When  rolled  iron  or  steel  floor  beams,  not  exceeding  six  inches  in 
depth,  are  placed  not  more  than  thirty  inches  on  centers,  no  tem.- 
plates  shall  be  required. 


FRAMING   AND   CONNECTING    STRUCTURAL   WORK. 

Sec.  120.  All  iron  or  steel  trimmer  beams,  headers,  and  tail 
beams,  shall  be  suitably  framed  and  connected  together,  and  the 
iron  or  steel  girders,  columns,  beams,  trusses  and  all  other  iron 
work  of  all  floors  and  roofs  shall  be  strapped,  bolted,  anchored 
and  connected  together,  and  to  the  walls. 

All  beams  framed  into  and  supported  by  other  beams  or  girders, 
shall  be  connected  thereto  by  angles  or  knees  of  a  proper  size  and 
thickness,  and  have  sufficient  bolts  or  rivets  in  both  legs  of  each 
connecting  angle  to  transmit  the  entire  weight  or  load  coming  on 
the  beam  to  the  supporting  beam  or  girder.  In  no  case  shall  the 
shearing  value  of  the  bolts  or  rivets  or  the  bearing  value  of  the 
connection   ankles,  provided   for  in  this  ordinance,  be  exceeded. 


—194— 

RIVETING    OF    STRUCTURAL    STEEL    AND    WROUGIIT-IKON     WORK. 

Sec.  121.  'I1ic  distance  fn^n  center  of  a  rivet  hole  to  the  ed^c 
of  the  material  shall  be  not  less   than — 

^  of  an  inch  for  3^  inch  rivets. 

%  of  an  inch  for  ^  inch  rivets. 
l}i  of  an  inch  for  j4  inch  rivets. 
1^  of  an  inch  for  %  inch  rivets. 
13^  of  an  inch  for  1  inch  rivets. 

Wherever  possible,  however,  the  distance  shall  be  equal  to  two 
diameters.  All  rivets,  wherever  practicable,  shall  be  machine 
driven.  The  rivets  in  connections  shall  be  proportioned  and 
placed  to  suit  the  stresses.  The  pitch  of  rivets  shall  never  be  less 
than  three  diameters  of  the  rivet,  nor  more  than  six  inches.  In 
the  direction  of  the  stress  it  shall  not  exceed  sixteen  times  the 
least  thickness  of  the  outside  member.  At  right  angles  to  the 
stress  it  shall  not  exceed  thirty-two  times  the  least  thickness  of 
the  outside  member.  All  holes  shall  be  punched  accurately,  so 
that  upon  assembling  a  cold  rivet  will  enter  the  hole  without 
straining  the  material  by  drifting.  Occasional  slight  errors  shall 
be  corrected  by  reaming.  The  rivets  shall  fill  the  holes  com- 
pletely ;  the  heads  shall  be  hemispherical  and  concentric  with  the 
axis  of  the  rivet.  Gussets  shall  be  provided  wherever  required, 
of  sufficient  thickness  and  size  to  accommodate  the  number  of 
rivets  necessary  to  make  a  connection. 

BOLTING   OF   STRUCTURAL   STEEL  AND    WROUGHT-IRON   WORK. 

Sec.  122.  Where  riveting  is  not  made  mandatory  connections 
may  be  affected  by  bolts.  These  bolts  shall  be  of  wrought-iron 
or  mild  steel,  and  they  shall  have  U.  S.  standard  threads.  The 
threads  shall  be  full  and  clean,  the  nut  shall  be  truly  concentric 
with  the  bolt,  and  the  thread  shall  be  of  sufficient  length  to  allow 
the  nut  to  be  screwed  up  tightly.  When  bolts  go  through  bevel 
flanges,  bevel  washers  to  match  shall  be  used  so  that  head  and 
nut  of  bolt  are  parallel.  When  bolts  are  used  for  suspenders,  the 
working  stresses  shall  be  reduced  for  wrought-iron  to  ten  thou- 
sand pounds  and  for  steel  to  fourteen  thousand  pounds  per  square 
inch  of  net  area,  and  the  load  shall  be  transmitted  into  the  head 
or  nut  by  strong  washers  distributing  the  pressure  evenly  over  the 
entire  surface  of  the  same.  Turned  bolts  in  reamed  holes  shall  be 
deemed  a  substitute  for  field  rivets. 


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STEEL   AND    VVROUGHT-IRON    TRUSSES. 

Sec.  123.  Trusses  shall  be  of  such  design  that  the  stresses  in 
each  member  can  be  calculated.  All  trusses  shall  be  held  rigidly 
in  position  by  efficient  systems  of  lateral  and  sway  bracing,  struts 
shall  be  spaced  so  that  the  maximum  limit  of  length  shall  not  be 
greater  than  one  hundred  times  the  least  radius  of  gyration.  Any 
member  of  a  truss  subjected  to  transverse  stress,  in  addition  to 
direct  tension  or  compression,  shall  have  the  stresses  causing  such 
strain  added  to  the  direct  stresses  coming  on  the  member.  The 
compression  and  tension  stresses  shall  not  exceed  16,000  pounds 
per  square  inch  of  net  area  in  any  member. 

RIVETED    STEEL   AND   WROUGHT-IRON    TRUSSES. 

Sec.  124.  For  tension  members,  the  actual  net  area  only,  after 
deducting  rivet  holes,  one-eighth  inch  larger  than  the  rivets,  shall 
be  considered  as  resisting  the  stress.  If  tension  members  are 
made  of  angle  irons  riveted  through  one  flange  only,  only  that 
flange  shall  be  considered  in  proportioning  areas.  Rivets  to  be 
proportioned  as  prescribed  in  this  chapter.  If  the  axis  of  adjoin- 
ing web  members  do  not  intersect  within  the  line  of  the  chords, 
sufficient  area  shall  be  added  to  the  chord  to  take  up  the  bending 
strains.  No  bolts  shall  be  used  in  the  connections  of  riveted 
trusses,  excepting  when  riveting  is  impracticable,  and  then  the 
holes  shall  be  drilled  or  reamed. 

STEEL    AND    IRON    PIN-CONNECTED    TRUSSES. 

Sec.  125.  The  bending  stresses  on  pins  shall  be  limited  to 
twenty  thousand  pounds  for  steel  and  fifteen  thousand  pounds  for 
iron.  All  compression  members  in  pin-connected  trusses  shall  be 
proportioned,  using  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  permissible  work- 
ing stress  for  columns.  The  heads  of  all  eye  bars  shall  be  made 
by  upsetting  or  forging.  Xo  weld  will  be  allowed  in  the  body 
of  the  bar.  Steel  eye-bars  shall  be  annealed.  Bars  shall  be 
straight  before  boring.  All  pinholes  shall  be  bored  true,  and 
at  right  angles  to  the  axis  of  the  members,  and  must  fit  the  phi 
within  one-thirty-second  of  an  inch.  The  distance  of  pin-holes 
from  center  to  center  for  corresponding  members  shall  be  alike, 
so  that,  when  piled  upon  one  another,  pins  will  pass  through  both 
ends  without  forcing.  Eyes  and  screw  ends  shall  be  so  proportioned 


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thai  upon  test  ti)  destruction,  fracture  will  take  place  in  the  Iwdy 
of  the  member.  All  pins  shall  be  accurately  turned.  These  pm- 
plates  shall  be  connected  to  the  members  by  rivets  of  sufficient 
size  and  number  to  transmit  the  stresses  without  exceedincf  work- 
ing stresses.  All  rivets  in  members  of  pin-connected  trusses  shall 
be  machine  driven.  All  rivets  in  pin-plates  uhich  are  necessary 
to  transmit  stress  shall  be  also  machine  flriven.  The  main  con- 
nections of  members  shall  be  made  by  pins.  Other  connections 
may  be  made  by  bolts.  If  there  is  a  combination  of  riveted  and 
pin-connected  members  in  one  truss,  these  members  shall  comply 
with  the  requirements  for  pin-connected  trusses ;  but  the  riveting 
shall  comply  with  the  requirements  of  this  chapter. 

IRON    AND    OTHER    METAI.    FRONTS    TO    BE    FILLED    IN. 

Sec.  126.  All  cast-iron  or  metal  fronts  shall  be  backed  up  or 
filled  in  with  masonry  of  the  thicknesses  provided  for  in  this 
chapter. 

PAINTING    OF    STRUCTURAL    METAL    WORK. 

Sec.  127.  All  structural  metal  work  shall  be  cleaned  of  all 
scale,  dirt  and  rust,  and  i^e  thoroughly  coated  with  one  coat  of 
paint.  Cast-iron  columns  shall  not  be  painted  mitil  after  inspec- 
tion by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  Where  surfaces  in  riveted 
work  come  m  contact,  they  shall  be  painted  before  assembling. 
After  erection  all  work  shall  be  painted  at  least  one  additional 
coat.  All  iron  or  steel  used  under  water  shall  be  inclosed  with 
concrete  to  exclude  the  air  and  water  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
inspector  of  buildings. 

THEATRES. 

Sec.  128.  Every  building  hereafter  erected  or  altered  to  be  used 
as  a  theatre  or  public  place  of  amusement  involving  the  use  of  a 
stage  with  movable  or  shifting  scenery,  curtains  and  machinery, 
shall  be  of  brick  and  fire-resisting  construction  throughout,  except 
the  flooring  boards  and  the  portion  of  the  stage  floor  fronting  the 
auditorium,  which  may  be  constructed  of  wood.  Such  building 
shall  have  the  highest  part  of  the  main  auditorium  floor  not  more 
than  four  feet  above  the  sidewalk ;  shall  have  at  least  one  frontage 
on  the  street  or  avenue,  with  openings  for  exits  not  less  than  one- 
third  of  the  frontage  of  the  building,  and  shall  have  the  doors, 


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halls,  corridors,  lobbies,  stairways,  passages,  and  aisles  wide, 
direct,  and  so  constructed  and  arranged  as  to  afford  easy  egress 
under  all  circumstances. 

All  buildings  which,  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance, are  in  use  or  in  course  of  construction  as  theatres  shall,  on 
or  before  September  1,  V^05,  comply  with  the  requirements  of 
sections  129,  131,  132,  139,  140,  141,  144,  145,  146,  147,  148,  150. 
151. 

REFUSAL   OF    TERMIT. 

Sec.  129.  No  building  erected  or  altered  to  be  used  for  a 
theatre  or  public  place  of  amusement  involving  the  use  of  a  stage 
with  movable  or  shifting  scenery,  curtains  and  machinery,  shall  be 
used  for  such  purposes  until  a  license  has  been  secured  for  the 
same.  No  license  shall  be  issued  until  the  inspector  of  buildings 
shall  have  certified  in  writing  that  said  building  is  erected  or  al- 
tered and  has  been  completed  in  accordance  with  the  building 
ordinances. 

Any  inspector  of  buildings  issuing  such  a  certificate  with 
knowledge  that  the  requirements  of  these  ordinances  have  not 
been  complied  with,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $100  and  im- 
prisoned not  more  than  one  year. 

OPEN   COURT  BOTH    SIDES. 

Sec.  130.  In  addition  to  the  aforesaid  entrances  and  exits  on 
the  street,  there  shall  be  reserved  for  service  in  case  of  an  emer- 
gency, an  open  court  or  space  on  the  side  not  bordering  on  the 
street,  where  said  building  is  located  on  a  corner  lot ;  and  on  both 
sides  of  said  building,  where  there  is  but  one  frontage  on  the 
street.  The  width  of  such  open  court  or  courts  shall  be  not  less 
than  seven  feet  where  the  seating  capacity  is  not  over  one  thou- 
sand people,  above  one  thousand  and  not  more  than  eighteen  hun- 
dred people,  eight  feet  in  width,  and  above  eighteen  hundred  peo- 
ple, ten  feet  in  width.  Said  open  court  or  courts  shall  begin  on 
a  line  with  or  near  the  proscenium  wall  and  shall  extend  the  length 
of  the  auditorium  proper,  to  or  near  the  wall  separating  the  same 
from  the  entrance  lobby  or  vestibule.  A  separate  and  distinct 
corridor  shall  continue  to  the  street,  from  each  open  court,  through 
such  superstructure  as  may  be  built  on  the  street  side  of  the  audi- 
torium, with  continuous  walls   of  brick   or  fireproof   materials  on 


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each  side  of  the  entire  length  of  said  corridor  or  corridors,  and 
the  ceiHng  and  floors  shall  be  fireproof.  Said  corridor  or  corridors 
shall  not  be  reduced  in  width  to  more  than  two  feet  less  than  the 
width  of  the  open  court  or  courts,  and  there  shall  be  no  projection 
in  the  same ;  the  outer  opening's  to  be  provided  with  doors  or  gates 
opening  toward  the  street.  During  the  performance  the  doors  or 
gates  in  the  corridor  shall  be  kept  open  by  proper  fastenings ;  at 
other  times  they  may  be  closed  and  fastened  by  movable  bolts  or 
locks.  The  said  open  courts  and  corridors  shall  not  be  used  for 
storage  purposes,  or  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  except  for  exit 
and  entrance  from  and  to  the  auditorium  and  stage,  and  must  be 
kept  free  and  clear  during  performances. 

CAPACITY    OF    CORRIDORS. 

Sec.  131.  The  aggregate  capacity  of  the  foyers,  lobbies,  corri- 
dors, passages  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  audience,  not  including 
aisle  space  between  seats,  shall,  on  each  floor  or  gallery,  be  suffi- 
cient to  contain  the  entire  number  lo  be  accommodated  on  said 
floor  or  gallery,  in  the  ratio  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  superficial 
feet  of  floor  room  for  every  one  hundred  persons. 

SEATS  TO  BE  FASTENED  TO  FLOOR. 

Sec.  132.  All  seats  in  the  auditorium,  excepting  those  con- 
tained in  boxes,  shall  be  firmly  secured  to  the  floor,  and  no  seat 
in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more  than  six  seats  intervening  be- 
tween it  and  an  aisle,  on  either  side,  and  no  stool  or  seat  shall  be 
placed  in  any  aisle. 

FLOOR. 

Sec.  133.  All  changes  in  the  levels  of  the  floors  of  such  build- 
ings, except  under  stairways,  from  story  to  story,  and  except  the 
necessary  steps  in  galleries  and  balconies  rising  toward  the  exits, 
shall  be  made  by  inclines  of  no  steeper  gradient  than  two  in  ten 
within  the  auditorium  and  rising  toward  the  exits  and  one  in  ten 
for  all  others. 

AISLES. 

Sec.  134.  All  aisles  on  the  respective  floors  in  the  auditorium, 
having  seats  on  both  sides  of  the  same,  shall  not  be  less  than  three 
(3)    feet  wide  where  they  begin  and  shall  be  increased  in  width 


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toward  the  exits  in  the  ratio  of  one  and  one-half  (1>4)  inches  to 
every  five  (5) running-  feet.  Aisles  having  seats  on  one  (1)  side 
only  shall  not  be  less  than  two  (2)  feet  wide  at  their  beginning- and 
increased  in  width  the  same  as  aisles  having  seats  on  both  sides. 
There  shall  be  aisles  not  less  than  three  (3),  feet  wide  next  to  the 
wall  of  all  such  auditoriums.  Where  the  aisles  are  of  uniform 
width  throughout  their  width  shall  be  the  average  width  propor- 
tioned as  above,  but  no  such  aisle  shall  be  less  than  three  (3)  feet 
six  (6)   inches  wide. 

Steps  shall  not  be  permitted  in  aisles  except  as  extending  from 
bank  to  bank  of  seats,  and  wherever  the  rise  from  bank  to  bank  is 
two  (2)  in  ten  (10)  or  less,  the  floor  of  the  aisle  shall  be  made  as 
an  inclined  plane,  and  where  steps  are  placed  outside  aisles  or  cor- 
ridors they  shall  be  placed  and  maintained  so  as  to  clearly  light 
every  place  where  there  are  steps  in  inclosing  aisles  and  corridors. 

HEATING    APPARATUS. 

Sec.  135.  All  heating  boilers  shall  be  placed  outside  of  the 
Myalls  of  theatres,  and  their  situation  approved  by  the  inspector  of 
buildings  and  the  chief  of  the  fire  department. 

No  boiler,  furnace,  nor  heating  apparatus  except  steam  pipes 
and  radiators  shall  be  located  under  the  auditorium  or  stage,  nor 
tinder  any  passage  or  stairway  of  exit. 

STAIRWAYS. 

Sec.  136.  All  stairways  shall  be  composed  of  iron,  stone,  or  other 
incombustible  materials.  The  risers  shall  not  be  more  than  seven 
and  a  half  inches  nor  the  treads  less  than  ten  and  a  half  inches.  No 
window  shall  be  used  in  any  stairway  for  entrance  or  exit.  All 
stairways  must  be  constructed  with  secure  handrails  or  brick  divid- 
ing walls  sufiQcient  in  construction  to  prevent  accident  in  case  of 
heavy  pressure.  There  shall  be  two  stairways  from  each  floor  of  an 
auditorium,  starting  not  less  than  five  feet  wide  at  the  upper  gallery 
and  increasing  one  foot  in  width  for  each  one  hundred  seats  in  the 
galleries  below^  From  the  auditorium  opening  into  the  said  open 
courts,  or  on  the  side  street  there  shall  not  be  less  than  two  exits 
on  each  side,  in  each  tier,  from  and  including  the  parquet  and  each 
and  every  gallery.  Each  exit  shall  be  at  least  five  feet  in  width  in 
the  clear,  and  provided  with  doors  of  iron,  or  wooden  doors  covered 
with  tin  on  both  sides  and  edges.     All  of  said  doors  shall  open  out- 


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vvardl}',  and  must  be  fastened  with  movable  bolts,  the  bolts  to  be 
kept  drawn  diirinc:  performances.  There  shall  be  balconies  not  less 
than  four  feet  in  width  in  the  said  open  court  or  courts  at  each  level 
or  tier  above  the  parquet  on  each  side  of  the  auditorium  of  sufificient 
length  to  embrace  the  two  exits,  and  from  said  balconies  there  shall 
be  staircases  extendino-  to  the  ,c^round  level  with  a  rise  of  not  over 
eig'ht  and  a  half  inches  to  a  stc]i,  and  not  less  than  nine  inches  tread 
exclusive  of  the  nosin_s^.  The  staircase  from  the  upper  balcony  to 
the  next  below  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty-nine  inches  in  width  in 
the  clear,  and  from  the  first  balcony  to  the  ground  three  feet  in 
width  in  the  clear,  where  the  seating  capacity  of  the  auditorium  is 
one  for  one  thousand  people  or  less,  three  feet  and  six  inches  in  the 
clear  where  above  one  thousand  and  not  more  than  eighteen  hun- 
dred people  and  four  feet  in  the  clear  where  above  eighteeen  hun- 
dred people  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  hundred  people,  and 
not  over  four  feet  six  inches  in  the  clear  where  about  twenty-five 
hundred  people.  All  the  before  mentioned  balconies  and  staircases 
shall  be  constructed  of  iron  throughout,  including  the  floors,  and  of 
ample  strength  to  sustain  the  load  to  be  carried  by  them,  and  they 
shall  be  covered  with  a  metal  hood  or  awning,  to  be  constructed  in 
such  manner  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  inspector  of  buildings. 
Where  one  side  of  a  building  borders  on  a  street  there  shall  be  bal- 
conies and  staircases  of  like  capacity  and  kind,  as  before  mentioned, 
but  said  staircases  shall  end  at  a  balcony  placed  not  less  than  seven 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  ground,  and  from  said  balcony  to  the 
ground  there  shall  be  arranged  a  hinged  iron  ladder. 

All  staircases  for  the  use  of  the  audience  shall  be  enclosed  with 
walls  of  brick,  or  of  fireproof  materials  approved  by  the  inspector 
of  buildings,  in  the  stories  through  which  they  pass,  and  the  open- 
ings to  said  staircases  from  each  tier  shall  be  the  full  width  of  such 
staircase. 

PARTITION    WALLS. 

Sec.  137.  All  partitions  inclosing  lobbies  and  corridors  or  sep- 
arating them  from  auditorium  shall  be  of  brick  masonry  or  of  other 
non-combustible  materials.  Every  approach  to,  or  exit  from,  a 
theatre  or  other  place  of  amusement  through  any  other  building-  shall 
have  inclosing  walls  of  brick,  stone,  or  iron,  and  floors  and  ceilings 
of  approved  incombustible,  fire  resisting  materials,  and  there  shall 
be  no  opening  through  said  walls,  floors,  or  ceilings. 


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WALLS  TO  SKPARATE  STAGE  AND  AUDITORIUM. 

Sec.  138.  The  stage  shall  be  separated  from  the  anditoriunT 
by  a  brick  wall  and  not  less  than  18  inches  thick,  or  its  equivalent, 
the  entire  width  of  the  building  and  topped  out  at  least  four  feet 
above  the  roof  over  the  auditorium.  There  shall  be  no  openings  in 
thisvvall  except  the  curtain  opening,  and  not  more  than  two  others, 
to  be  located  at  the  level  or  below  the  stage.  These  latter  openings 
shall  not  exceed  twenty  one  superficial  feet  each,  with  iron  or  tin 
covered  wood  and  self-closing  doors  securely  hung  to  rebates  in  the 
brickwork,  so  as  to  be  opened  from  either  side  at  all  times.  The 
wall  over  the  curtain  opening  shall  be  carried  by  iron  girders  or 
by  a  brick  arch  of  sufficient  capacity  and  secured  at  each  side  of 
opening  to  prevent  motion  by  thrust  of  arch. 

Sec.  139.  There  shall  be  water  plugs  on  each  side  of  stage  and 
fly  floors,  with  sufficient  hose  attached  to  each  plug  of  the  size 
used  by  the  fire  department  to  reach  any  point  on  or  above  the 
stage.  They  must  be  kept  free  from  obstruction  and  ready  for 
use  at  any  moment.  There  shall  be  placed  over  the  curtain  open- 
ing the  full  width  a  two-inch  perforated  pipe,  supplied  at  each  end 
by  a  one  and  a  half  inch  rising  main,  with  valves  controlled  from 
stage,  each  side,  to  form  when  in  service  a  water  curtain  or  auto- 
matic sprinkler,   as  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  direct. 

FIREPROOF    CURTAIN. 

Sec.  140.  The  proscenium  opening  shall  be  provided  with  a 
metal  fireproofed  curtain,  or  a  curtain  of  asbestos  or  other  fireproof 
material,  sliding  at  each  end  in  grooves  securely  fastened  to  the 
'brick  wall  and  extending  into  such  grooves  to  a  depth  of  not  less 
than  six:  (6)  inches  on  each  side  of  the  opening,  or  such  asbestos  or 
fireproof  curtain  may  be  provided  with  steel  cable  guides  not  less 
than  one-quarter  (%)  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  provided  that  such 
curtain  laps  over  the  stage  openings  at  the  sides  and  top  not  less 
than  twelve  (12)  inches,  and  that  attached  to  said  curtain  at  the 
top  and  bottom  for  the  full  width  thereof  shall  be  wrought  iron  or 
steel  pipe  not  less  than  one  and  one-half  (1^^)  inches  internal 
diameter. 

Said  fireproof  curtain  shall  be  raised  and  lowered  between  each 
act  or  intermission  and  at  the  close  of  each  performance,  and  re- 
main closed  until  the  beginning  of  the  next  performance,   except 


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during  rehearsals,  and  be  placed    at    least    (3)    feet  distant    from 
the  footlig-hts  at  the  nearest  point  if  gas  is  used. 

Act  drop  curtains  shall  also  be  of  fireproof  material  or  material 
fireproofed.     • 

WOODWORK    COVERED    WITH    FIREPROOF    MATERIALS. 

Sec.  141.  All  permanent  stage  scenery,  curtains  and  decora- 
tions made  of  combustible  material  belonging  to  the  building  and 
all  the  woodwork  on  or  about  the  stage  shall  be  painted  or  sat- 
urated with  some  non-combustible  material,  or  otherwise  rendered 
safe  against  fire,  and  the  finishing  coats  of  paint  applied  to  all 
woodwork  throughout  the  entire  building  shall  be  of  such  kind 
as  will  resist  fire. 

WORKSHOP   OR    STORAGE   ABOVE   OR    UNDER    AUDITORIUM. 

Sec.  142.  No  workshop,  storage  or  general  property  room  shall 
he  allowed  above  the  auditorium  or  stage,  or  under  the  same,  or  ni 
any  of  the  fly  galleries.  All  of  said  rooms  or  shops  may  be  located 
in  the  rear  or  at  the  side  of  the  stage,  but  in  such  cases  they  shall 
be  separated  from  the  stage  by  a  brick  wall,  and  the  openings  lead- 
ing into  said  portions  shall  have  fireproof  doors  on  each  side  of 
the  openings,  hung  to  iron  eyes  built  into  the  wall. 

CONSTRUCTION    OF    GALLERIES. 

Sec.  143.  When  galleries  are  constructed,  all  columns  and 
girders  used  in  the  construction  of  the  same  must  be  of  iron  or 
steel. 

VENTILATORS. 

Sec.  144.  In  all  theatres  skylighted  ventilators  constructed  of 
incombustible  nraterials,  having  openings  equal  in  area  to  one- 
tenth  (1-10)  the  area  of  the  stage  floor,  having  the  whole  top  so 
constructed  and  counter-balanced  to  open  automatically,  operated 
by  cords  or  wires  from  at  least  two  (2)  points  near  the  exits  on 
opposite  sides  of  the  stage,  and  having  an  arrangement  of  com- 
bustible cords  or  fusible  connection  to  open  the  ventilating  valves 
automatically  by  the  action  of  fire  on  the  stage,  shall  be  placed 
near  the  center  and  above  the  highest  part  of  the  stage. 

Skylight  covering  of  ventilators  shall  have  sheet  metal  frames 
set  with  double-thick  glass,  each  pane  thereof  measuring  not  less 


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than  three  hundred  (300)  square  inehes,  and  immediately  under- 
neath such  glass  there  shall  he  a  wired  netting.  Wired  glass  shall 
not  be  used  as  a  substitute  for  such  netting. 

NUMBER    OF    EXITS    REQUIRED. 

Sec.  145.  Every  theatre  accommodating  three  hundred  persons 
shall  have  at  least  two  exits ;  when  accommodating  five  hundred 
persons,  at  least  three  exits  shall  be  provided,  these  exits  not  refer- 
ring to  or  including  the  exits  to  the  open  court  or  courts  at  the 
sides  of  the  theatre.  Doorways  of  exit  or  entrance  for  the  use  of 
the  public  shall  not  be  less  than  five  feet  in  width,  and  for  every 
additional  one  hundred  persons  or  portion  thereof  to  be  accommo- 
dated, in  excess  of  five  hundred,  twenty  inches  additional  exit  must 
be  allowed.  All  doors  of  exit  or  entrance  shall  open  outwardly  and 
be  hung  to  swing  in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  become  an  obstruc- 
tion in  a  passage  or  corridor,  and  no  such  door  shall  be  closed 
and  locked  during  any  representation,  or  when  the  building  is 
open  to  the  public.  Distinct  and  separate  places  of  exit  and 
entrance  shall  be  provided  for  each  gallery  above  the  first.  A  com- 
mon place  of  exit  and  entrance  may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of  the 
auditorium  and  the  first  gallery.  No  passage  leading  to  any  stair- 
way communicating  with  any  entrance  or  exit  shall  be  less  than 
four  feet  in  width  in  any  part  thereof.  All  stairs  within  the  build- 
ing shall  be  constructed  of  fire-proof  material  throughout. 

EXIT    SIGNS    AND    RED    LIGHTS. 

Sec,  146.  Each  and  every  exit  of  a  theatre  or  other  public  place 
of  amusement  which  can  be  used  in  case  of  fire  shall  be  designated 
by  the  word  "Exit"  in  letters  of  such  size  that  they  can  be  read 
from  the  opposite  side  of  the  auditorium,  and  so  situated  immedi- 
ately over  or  on  the  exits  that  they  can  be  readily  seen  from  any 
or  all  parts  of  said  auditorium  or  gallery.  A  red  light  shall  be 
placed  over  each  of  said  signs  and  kept  burning  during  the  time 
of  the  entertainment  or  performance,  and  no  other  fixed  red  lights 
will  be  permitted  in  the  auditorium,  and  the  fact  that  such  red 
lights  indicate  an  exit  to  be  used  in  case  of  fire  shall  be  conspicu- 
ously printed  on  the  programme  used  in  the  theatre  or  other  pub- 
lic place  of  amusement  at  each  entertainment.  All  said  red  exit 
lights  shall  be  lighted  by  gas. 


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TllKATKK    LIGHTING. 


Sec.  147.  All  theatres  shall  be  lighted  by  electric  light  only 
and  shall  have  at  least  three  separate  and  distinct  circuits:  (a) 
for  the  stage,  (b)  and  (c)for  the  auditorium,  corridors,  and  exits. 
The  circuits  referred  to  in  (b)  and  ( c )  shall  be  so  arranged  that 
half  of  the  lights  in  each  division  of  the  auditorium  and  half  of 
those  in  each  corridor  and  exit  shall  be  on  (b)  and  the  other  half 
on  {c )  circuit.  When  the  current  is  supplied  by  a  public  lighting 
company  these  circuits  shall  be  taken  separately  from  the  street 
mains. 

Under  all  circumstances  complete  metallic  circuits  must  be  em- 
ployed. Gas  and  water  pipes  shall  never  form  a  part  of  any 
circuit. 

The  number  of  lamps  shall  be  so  subdivided  that  no  subcircuit 
shall  carry  any  more  than  60  amperes,  and  each  subcircuit  shall 
start  from  a  distributing  board. 

EXIT    LIGHTING. 

Sec.  148.  The  red  lights  over  exits  in  auditorium  and  all  lights 
in  passages  and  stairways  shall  be  independent  of  the  lights  in 
■other  parts  of  the  house,  and  so  arranged  that  they  cannot  be 
turned  ofif  from  the  stage  or  platform. 

STAND    PIPES. 

Sec.  149.  Stand  pipes  four  (4)  inches  m  diameter  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  hose  attachments  on  every  floor  and  gallery,  as  follows, 
namely :  One  ( 1 )  on  each  side  of  the  auditorium  in  each  tier,  also 
on  each  side  of  the  stage  in  each  tier,  arid  at  least  one  (1)  in  the 
property  room,  and  one  (1)  in  the  carpenter  shop,  if  the  same  be 
contiguous  to  the  building.  All  stand  pipes  shall  be  kept  clear 
from  obstruction.  Said  stand  pipes  shall  be  separated  and  dis- 
tinct, receiving  their  supply  of  water  direct  from  the  street  main, 
one  ( 1 )  for  the  auditorium,  and  one  ( 1 )  for  the  stage,  and  shall  be 
fitted  with  regulation  couplings  of  the  fire  department,  and  be 
ready  for  immediate  use  at  all  times  during  a  performance  in  said 
building.  When  the  pressure  of  the  street  water  service  is  not 
sufficient  to  provide  an  efficient  working  pressure  at  the  hose 
nozzle  or  sprinkler  outlets,  then  the  stand  pipe  shall  be  kept  filled 
with  water  by  means  of  an  automatic  pump  or  pumps  of  sufficient 
capacity  to  supply  all  the  fire  lines  connected  herewith. 


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HOSE. 


Sec.  150.  A  proper  and  sufificient  quantity  of  two  and  one-half 
inch  hose,  not  less  than  fifty  feet  in  length,  fitted  with  regulation 
couplings  of  the  fire  department,  and  with  nozzles  attached  thereto, 
and  with  hose  spanners  at  each  outlet,  shall  be  kept  always  at- 
tached to  each  hose  attachment. 

PUBLIC    BUILDINGS   TO    HAVE   AMPLE    STAIRWAYS. 

Sec.  151.  In  all  buildings  of  a  public  character,  such  as  hotels, 
churches,  theatres,  restaurants,  railroad  depots,  public  halls  and 
other  buildings  used  or  intended  to  be  use'd  for  purposes  of  public 
assembly,  amusement  or  instruction,  the  halls,  doors,  stairways, 
seats,  passageways  and  aisles,  and  all  lighting  and  heating  appli- 
ances and  apparatus  shall  be  arranged  as  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings shall  direct  to  facilitate  egress  in  case  of  fire  or  accident,  and 
to  afford  the  requisite  and  proper  accommodation  for  the  public 
protection  in  such  cases.  All  aisles  and  passageways  in  said  build- 
ings shall  be  kept  free  from  camp  stools,  chairs,  sofas  and  other 
obstructions,  and  no  person  shall  be  allowed  to  stand  in  or  occupy 
any  of  said  aisles  or  passageways  during  any  performance,  service, 
exhibition,  lecture,  concert,  ball  or  any  public  assemblage. 

The  inspector  of  buildings,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  chief 
of  the  fire  department,  may,  at  any  time,  serve  a  written  or 
printed  notice  upon  the  owner,  lessee  or  manager  of  any  of  said 
buildings,  directing  any  act  or  thing  to  be  done  or  provided  in  or 
about  the  said  buildings  and  the  several  appliances  therewith  con- 
nected, such  as  halls,  doors,  stairs,  windows,  seats,  aisles,  fire-walls, 
fire  appliances  and  fire-escapes,  so  as  to  afiford  such  security  to  the 
public  in  the  uses  to  which  they  may  be  severally  applied,  as  they 
may  deem  necessary.  Upon  report  to  the  ma}or  of  the  city  by 
the  inspector  of  buildings  that  any  order  or  requirement  of  this 
title  in  regard  to  theatres  or  places  of  public  amusement  has  been 
violated  or  not  complied  with,  in  any  such  building,  the  said 
mayor  may,  in  his  discretion,  revoke  the  license  of  such  theatre  or 
place  of  public  amusement,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  closed. 

ASSEMBLY    HALLS. 

Sec.  152.  Permits  for  the  erection  of  buildings  to  be  used 
wholly  or  partly  as  assembly  halls  will  not  be  issued  until  the  plans 
for   ventilation   and   protection    from    fire   have   been   approved   by 


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tlie  inspector  of  l)iiil(linss.  The  nuni1)er,  size,  and  location  of  the 
exits  must  be  approved  by  tlic  inspector  of  l)iiil(hnt;s  and  the 
chief  of  the  fire  department. 

Existing  buildings  shall  not  be  altered  for  use  as  halls  for 
public  assembly  except  in  accordance  with  these  regulations. 

CHIMNEYS, 

Sec.  153.  All  chimneys  shall  be  built  of  brick,  stone  or  other 
incombustible    materials. 

Chimneys  in  all  buildings  shall  have  walls  at  least  eight  inches 
thick,  if  of  brick,  unless  terra  cotta  or  fire  clay  flue  linings  are 
used,  in  which  case  four  inches  of  brick  work  may  be  omitted. 
Chimneys  other  than  those  built  of  brick  shall  have  walls  at  least 
eight  inches  thick  and  shall  have  an  additional  lining  of  four 
inches  of  brick  work  or  a  terra  cotta  or  fire-clay  lining.  Said  flue 
lining  shall  start  from  the  bottom  of  the  flue,  or  from  the  throat 
of  the  fireplace,  if  the  flue  starts  from  the  latter,  and  shall  be  car- 
ried up  continuously  to  the  extreme  height  of  the  flue.  The  joints 
of  all  such  linings  shall  be  made  to  fit  close  together  and  the  lin- 
ings shall  be  built  in  as  the  flue  or  flues  are  carried  up. 

Every  chimney  hereafter  built  shall  have  an  opening  at  or  near 
the  bottom  sufificient  to  admit  the  cleaning  of  the  same. 

INSIDE  OF  FLUES  TO  BE   SMOOTH. 

Sec.  154.  All  flues  in  every  building  shall  be  properly  cleaned 
and  all  rubbish  removed,  and  the  flues  left  smooth  on  the  inside 
upon  the  completion  of  all  buildings. 

CONSTRUCTION    UNDER    CHIMNEY. 

Sec.  155.  No  chimney  shall  be  started  or  built  upon  any  floor 
or  beam  of  wood.  In  no  case  shall  a  chimney  be  corbeled  out 
more  than  eight  inches  from  the  wall,  and  in  all  such  cases  the 
corbeling  shall  consist  of  at  least  five  courses  of  brick.  Where 
chimneys  are  supported  by  piers,  the  piers  shall  start  from  the 
foundation  on  the  same  line  with  the  chimney  breast,  and  shall  be 
not  less  than  twelve  inches  on  the  face,  properly  bonded  into 
the  walls.  No  chimney  shall  be  cut  off  below,  in  whole  or  in  part, 
and  supported  by  wood,  but  shall  be  wholly  supported  by  stone, 
brick    or    iron.     All  chimneys  which  shall  be    dangerous    in    any 


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manner  whatsoever  shall  be  repaired  and  made  safe,  or  taken 
down.  Iron  cupola  chimneys  of  foundries  shall  extend  at  least 
ten  feet  above  the  highest  point  of  any  roof  within  a  radius  of 
fifty  feet  of  such  cupola,  and  be  covered  on  top  with  a  heavy  wire 
netting. 

All  smoke  flues  shall  extend  at  least  four  feet  above  a  flat  roof 
and  at  least  three  feet  above  a  peak  roof,  and  shall  be  coped  with 
well-burnt  terra  cotta.  stone  or  cast-iron. 

•     FIREPLACES.      ' 

Sec.  156.  All  fireplaces  shall  have  trimmer  arches  to  support 
hearths,  and  the  said  arches  shall  be  at  least  sixteen  inches  in 
width,  measured  from  the  face  of  the  chimney  breast,  and  at  least 
one  foot  longer  on  each  side  than  the  width  of  the  fireplace  open- 
ing, and  they  shall  be  constructed  of  brick,  stone  or  burnt  clay. 
Wooden  centering  under  trimmer  arches  shall  be  removed  before 
plastering  the  ceiling  underneath.  The  fire-backs  of  all  fireplaces 
hereafter  erected  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  inches  in  thickness 
of  solid  masonry. 

STOVES. 

Sec.  157.  Stoves  shall  not  be  placed  nearer  than  twenty  inches 
to  any  unprotected  woodwork.  Floors  under  all  stoves  shall  be 
protected  by  a  covering  of  incombustible  material.  Where  a 
kitchen  range  is  placed  near  a  wooden  stud  partition,  the  studs 
shall  be  cut  away  and  framed  two  feet  higher  and  one  foot  wider 
than  the  range  and  filled  in  to  a  line  with  said  stud  partition  with 
brick  or  fireproof  blocks  and  plastered  thereon.  In  cases  where 
hot  water,  steam,  hot-air  or  other  heating  appliances  or  furnaces 
are  hereafter  placed  in  any  building,  or  flues  or  fireplaces  are 
changed  or  enlarged,  due  notice  shall  first  be  given  to  the  inspector 
of  buildings  by  the  contractor  or  inspector  of  said  work. 

STOVE  PIPES  TO  BE  GUARDED, 

Sec.  158.  No  stove  pipe  in  any  building  with  wooden  or  com- 
bustible floors,  ceilings  or  partitions,  shall  enter  any  flue  unless 
the  said  pipe  shall  be  at  least  twelve  inches  from  either  of  the 
said  floors,  ceilings  or  partitions,  unless  the  same  is  properly  pro- 


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tected  by  a  metal  shield,  in  which    case    the    distance  shall  not  be 
less  than  six  inches. 

In  all  cases  where  stove  pipes  pass  throue^h  stud  or  wooden  par- 
titions of  any  kind,  they  shall  be  guarded  by  either  a  double  collar 
of  metal  with  at  least  three  inches  of  air  space  and  holes  for 
ventilation,  or  by  a  soap-stone  or  burnt-clay  ring  not  less  than 
four  inches  in  thickness  and  extending-  through  the  partition. 
Where  laundry  stoves,  hot  water,  steam,  hot-air  or  other  furnaces 
are  used  in  any  building,  the  smoke  pipe  leading  therefrom  must 
be  kept  not  less  than  eighteen  inches  from  the  floor  beams  or  ceil- 
ing unless  the  same  is  properly  protected  by  a  metal  shield,  when 
the  distance  shall  not  be  less  than  nine  inches.  In  all  cases  where 
such  pipe  passes  through  a  wood  or  stud  partition  it  shall  be  pro- 
tected by  a  thimble  with  eight  inches  of  brickwork  around  it,  or 
a  double  collar  of  metal  with  at  least  six  inches  air  space  and  holes 
for  ventilation. 

FURNACES. 

Sec.  159.  All  brick  hot-air  furnaces  shall  have  two  covers, 
with  an  air  space  of  at  least  four  inches  between  them ;  the  inner 
cover  of  the  hot-air  chamber  shall  be  either  a  brick  arch  or  two 
courses  of  brick  laid  on  galvanized  iron  or  tin  supported  by  iron 
bars ;  the  outside  cover,  which  is  the  top  of  the  furnace,  shall  be 
made  of  brick  or  metal  supported  by  iron  bars,  and  so  constructed 
as  to  be  perfectly  tight,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  four  inches  be- 
low the  ceiling  or  floor  beams.  The  walls  of  the  furnace  shall  be 
built  hollow  in  the  following  manner:  one  inner  and  one  outer  w^all, 
each  four  inches  in  thickness,  properly  bonded  together,  Vv'ith  an 
air  space  of  not  less  than  three  inches  between  them.  Furnaces 
must  be  built  at  least  four  inches  from  all  woodwork.  All  cold- 
air  boxes  shall  be  made  of  metal,  brick  or  other  incombustible  ma- 
terial for  a  distance  of  at  least  three  feet  from  the  furnace.  All 
portable  hot-air  furnaces  shall  be  kept  at  least  two  feet  from  any 
wooden  or  combustible  partition  or  ceiling  unless  the  partitions 
and  ceilings  are  properly  protected  by  a  metal  shield,  when  the 
distance  shall  not  be  less  than  one  foot.  Wooden  floors  under  any 
portable  furnace  shall  be  protected  by  a  suitable  stone  or  a  course 
of  bricks  well  laid  in  mortar.  Said  stone  or  bricks  shall  extend  at 
least  two  feet  beyond  the  furnace  in   front  of  the  ash-pan. 


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REGISTER  BOXES. 


Sec.  160.  All  register  boxes  shall  be  made  of  tin  plate,  with  a 
flange  on  top  to  fit  the  groove  in  the  frame,  the  register  to  rest 
upon  the  same ;  there  shall  be  an  open  space  of  two  inches  on  all 
sides  of  the  register  box,  extending  from  the  under  side  of  the 
border  to  and  through  the  ceiling  below.  The  said  opening  shall 
be  fitted  with  a  tight  tin  casing,  the  upper  end  of  which  shall  be 
turned  under  the  frame.  \\'hen  a  register  box  is  placed  in  the 
floor  over  a  portable  furnace,  the  open  space  on  all  sides  of  the 
register  box  shall  not  be  less  than  three'  inches.  When  only  one 
register  is  connected  with  a  furnace  said  register  shall  have  no 
valve. 

steam  pipes. 

Sec.  161.  No  steam  pipe  shall  be  placed  within  two  inches  of 
any  timber  or  woodwork  unless  the  timber  or  woodwork  is  pro- 
tected by  a  metal  shield,  then  the  distance  shall  not  be  less  than 
one  inch.  All  steam  pipes  passing  through  floors  and  ceilings,  or 
lath  and  plastered  partitions,  shall  be  protected  by  a  metal  tube 
one  inch  larger  in  diameter  than  the  pipe,  and  the  space  shall  be 
filled  in  with  mineral  wool,  asbestos  or  other  incombustible  mate- 
rial. 

HOT    AIR    pipes. 

Sec,  162.  Hot-air  pipes  in  stud  partitions,  and  horizontal  pipes 
in  floors,  shall  be  built  in  the  following  manner :  the  pipes  shall  be 
double,  that  is,  two  pipes,  one  inside  the  other,  at  least  one-half 
inch  apart,  and  there  shall  be  a  space  of  at  least  three  inches 
between  the  pipe  and  stud  or  any  other  timber  on  each  side ;  or  if 
a  single  pipe  is  used,  the  inside  face  of  said  studs  shall  be  well  lined 
with  tin  plate  and  the  outside  faces  covered  with  brick,  iron  lath, 
or  slate,  and  there  shall  be  at  least  one-half  inch  air  space  all 
around  the  said  heating  pipe.  Horizontal  hot-air  pipes  shall  be 
kept  six  inches  below  the  floor  beams  or  ceiling ;  if  the  floor  beams 
or  ceiling  are  plastered  and  protected  by  a  metal  shield,  then  the 
distance  shall  not  be  less  than  three  inches.  In  cases  where  hot- 
air  pipes  pass  through  a  wood  or  stud  partition  they  shall  be 
guarded  by  either  a  double  collar  of  metal,  with  two  inches  air 
space  and  holes  for  ventilation,  or  they  shall  be  surrounded  by 
brickwork  at  least  four   inches  in   thickness.     Where  the  air  con- 


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vcved  llirnui;!!  i)ii)cs  is  heated  in  an  ordinary  hot-air  furnace,  or  in 
anv  other  apparatus  by  (Hrect  contact  of  tlic  air  with  the  fire  box, 
the  material  used  for  these  double  pipes  and  rec^ister  boxes  shall 
be  brig-ht  tin.  Where  the  air  is  heated  by  hot  water  or  steam 
pipes  or  indirect  heatin.c^  stacks,  any  other  sheet  metal  may  be 
used  for  the  pipes,  and  the  use  of  double  pipes  is  not  olilii^atory. 

All  hot-air  flues  and  shafts  in  brick  or  stone  walls  shall  have  the 
walls  of  the  flues  or  shafts  at  least  eight  inches  thick,  unless  lined 
with  tin,  g'alvanized  sheet  iron  or  terra  cotta  or  fire-clay  flue  lin- 
ings, in  which  case  four  inches  of  brickwork  may  be  omitted.  No 
wooden  casing",  furring  or  lath  shall  be  placed  again.st  or  cover  any 
smoke  flue  or  metal  pipe  used  to  convey  hot  air  or  steam. 

GAS   AND    WATER    PIPES. 

Sec.  163.  No  gas,  water  or  other  pipes  which  may  be  intro- 
duced into  any  building  shall  be  let  into  the  beams  unless  the 
same  be  placed  within  thirty-six  inches  of  the  end  of  the  beams; 
and  in  no  building  shall  the  said  pipes  be  let  into  the  beams  more 
than  two  inches  in  depth.  Every  building  other  than  a  dwelling 
house,  hereafter  erected,  and  all  factories,  hotels,  churches, 
theatres,  schoolhouses  and  other  buildings  of  a  public  character 
now  erected  in  which  gas  or  steam  is  used  for  lighting  or  heating, 
shall  have  the  supply  pipes  leading  from  the  street  mains  provided 
each  with  a  stop-cock  placed  in  the  sidewalk  at  or  near  the  curb, 
and  so  arranged  as  to  allow  of  shutting  oflf  at  that  point.  All 
gas  brackets  shall  be  placed  at  least  three  feet  below  any  ceiling 
or  wordwork,  unless  the  same  is  properly  protected  by  a  shield,  in 
which  case  the  distance  shall  not  be  less  than  eighteen  inches. 
No  swinging  or  folding  gas  brackets  shall  be  placed  against  any 
stud  partition  or  woodwork.  Gas  lights  placed  near  window  cur- 
tains or  any  other  combustible  material  shall  be  protected  by  a 
proper  shield. 

electric  wires. 

Sec.  164.  Every  electric  wire  for  furnishing  light,  heat  or 
power,  leading  into  any  building  from  the  outside  thereof  and  all 
such  wires  placed  inside  of  any  building,  shall  be  installed  and 
maintained  in  full  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  national  board  of  fire  underwriters. 


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FIREPR(X)F   SHUTTERS. 

Sec.  165.  All  stores  or  storehouses,  steel  or  skeleton  construc- 
tion building-s,  or  other  buildings,  except  churches  and  private 
residences,  now  or  hereafter  erected,  in  close  proximity  to  other 
structures,  shall,  when  ordered  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  be 
provided  at  all  openings  on  the  side  or  sides  and  front  or  rear 
or  both,  when  within  thirty  feet  of  a  combustible  structure,  with 
iron  or  other  fireproof  shutters  or  fireproof  glass  (wire-glass) 
and  fireproof  sash  and  frames  of  a  kind  recommended  by  the 
national  board  of  fire  underwriters.  All  such  shutters  must  be 
hung  on  iron  frames  or  iron  eyes  built  in  the  walls. 

All  occupants  of  buildings  shall  close  the  said  shutters  and  also 
all  fireproof  doors  or  shutters  fitted  into  interior  walls  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  fire  between  different  buildings  or  between  parts  of 
any  building  at  the  close  of  the  business  of  each  day. 

WALLS   OF   ELEVATOR   SHAFT. 

Sec.  166.  All  elevators  hereafter  placed  in  any  building,  ex- 
cept fireproof  buildings,  shall  be  inclosed  in  suitable  walls  of 
brick,  or  with  a  suitable  frame-work  of  iron  and  burnt-clay  filling, 
or  of  such  other  fireproof  material  and  form  of  construction  as 
may  be  approved  by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  If  the  inclosure 
walls  are  of  brick,  laid  in  cement  mortar,  and  not  used  as  bearing 
walls,  they  may  be  eight  inches  in  thickness  for  not  more  than 
fifty  feet  of  their  uppermost  height,  and  increasing  in  thickness 
four  inches  for  each  lower  fifty  feet,  portion  or  part  thereof.  Said 
walls  or  construction  shall  extend  through  and  at  least  three  feet 
above  the  roof.  All  openings  in  the  same  shall  be  provided  with 
fireproof  doors  and  made  solid  for  three  feet  above  the  floor  level, 
and  with  grill  openings  above.  Elevators  may  also  be  placed  in 
any  stair  well  or  open  court  of  any  building  erected  prior  to  the 
passage  of  this  act,  under  a  permit  therefor  from  the  inspector  of 
buildings,  but  the  frame-work  and  inclosure  of  any  such  elevator 
shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  materials.  The  foregoing  re- 
quirements as  to  brick  or  fireproof  shafts  shall  include  all  dumb- 
waiters except  such  as  do  not  extend  through  more  than  three 
stories  in  dwelling  houses.  The  roofs  over  all  inclosed  elevators 
shall  be  made  of  fireproof  materials,  with  a  skylight  at  least  three- 
fourths  the  area  of  the  shaft,  made  of  this  sheet  glass,  set  in  iron 


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frames,  as  hereinbefore  in  this  section  (lescril)C(l.  inchulin.y;  wire 
netting-  underneath  tlie  j^lass  of  the  skyhg^ht  or  the  use  of  wire 
glass. 

INSPECTOR   OF   TASSENGKR   ELE\'ATORS. 

Sec.  167.  The  inspector  of  huiI(Uni:;-s  shall  cause  an  inspection 
of  passenger  elevators  as  often  as  once  every  six  months.  Any 
repairs  found  necessary  upon  inspection  of  any  elevator  shall  be 
made  without  delay  by  the  owner  or  person  having  the  care  or 
control  of  the  same,  and  in  case  defects  are  found  to  exist  which 
would  cndang-er  life  by  the  continued  use  of  such  elevator,  then, 
upon  notice  from  the  inspector  of  l)uildings,  the  use  of  such  ele- 
vator shall  cease,  and  it  shall  not  again  be  used  until  a  certificate 
shall  be  first  obtained  from  said  inspector  that  such  elevator  has 
been  put  in  safe  order  and  is  fit  for  use. 

ELEVATOR    ATTENDANT. 

Sec.  168.  No  person  shall  employ  or  permit  any  person  to  be 
in  charge  of  running  any  passenger  elevator  who  is  under  eig"hteen 
years  of  age  or  who  does  not  possess  proper  qualifications  therefor. 
Every  freight  elevator  or  lift  shall  have  a  notice  posted  conspicu- 
ously thereon  as  follows :  "Persons  riding  on  this  elevator  do  so 
at  their  own  risk."  Every  elevator  in  any  building  erected  to  be 
occupied,  or  now  occupied,  as  a  hotel,  shall  be  inclosed  in  suitable 
walls  constructed  and  arranged  as  in  this  chapter  required  for 
elevators  hereafter  placed  in  buildings,  unless  under  the  provisions 
of  this  section  such  elevator  might  have  been  placed  in  said 
building  without  such  inclosing'  walls. 

SAFETY   DEVICES   FOR    ELEVATOR    CARS. 

Sec.  169.  All  elevators,  either  passenger  or  freight,  shall  be 
provided  with  the  most  approved  form  of  controlling  device,  and 
all  elevators  operated  by  electricity  must  be  so  constructed  as  to 
insure  the  motor  against  damage  by  any  overload  or  excess  of 
current  or  power;  the  said  device  to  be  automatic  in  its  operation 
and  independent  of  the  operator  in  charge  of  the  car. 

All  elevators,  cabs,  or  cars,  whether  used  for  freight  or  passen- 
gers, shall  be  provided  with  some  suitable  mechanical  device,  to  be 
approved  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  whereby  the  cab   or  cars 


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will  be  securely  held  in  the  event  of  accidents  to  the  ropes  or 
hoisting-  apparatus,  or  from  any  similar  cause. 

Every  passenger  and  freight  elevator  now  in  use  or  hereafter 
erected  shall  have  what  is  known  as  a  safety  air  cushion  built  of 
masonry,  steel  or  other  fireproof  material,  or  such  other  device 
or  devices  for  the  safety  of  passengers  as  may  be  deemed  advisable 
and  expedient,  to  be  determined  by  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

Immediately  under  the  machinery  at  the  top  of  every  elevator 
shaft  in  any  building  in  said  city  there  shall  be  provided  and 
placed  a  substantial  grating  or  screen  of  iron,  of  such  construction 
as  shall  be  approved  by  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

FREIGHT    ELEVATORS. 

Sec.  170.  In  any  building  in  which  there  shall  be  any  hoistway 
or  freight  elevator  or  well-hole  not  enclosed  in  walls  constructed 
of  brick  or  other  fireproof  material,  and  provided  with  fireproof 
doors,  the  openings  thereof  through  and  upon  each  floor  of  said 
building  shall  be  provided  with  and  protected  by  a  substantial 
guard  or  gate,  and  with  such  good  and  sufficient  trap-doors,  with 
which  to  close  the  same,  as  may  be  directed  and  approved  by  the 
inspector  of  building's ;  and  when,  in  his  opinion,  automatic  trap- 
doors are  required  to  the  floor  openings  of  any  uninclosed  freight 
elevator,  the  same  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  form  a  substantial 
floor  surface  when  closed,  and  so  arranged  as  to  open  and  close  by 
the  action  of  the  elevator  in  its  passage  either  ascending  or  de- 
scending. The  said  inspector  shall  have  exclusive  power  and 
authority  within  said  city  to  require  the  openings  of  hoistways  or 
hoistway  shafts,  elevators  and  well-holes  in  buildings  to  be  in- 
closed or  secured  by  trap-doors,  guards  or  gates  and  railings.  Such 
guards  or  gates  shall  be  kept  closed  at  all  times,  except  when  in 
actual  use,  and  the  trap-doors  shall  be  closed  at  the  close  of  the 
business  of  each  day  by  the  occupant  or  occupants  of  the  building 
having  the  use  or  control  of  the  same. 

BULKHEADS. 

Sec.  171.  Bulkheads  used  as  inclosures  for  elevator  and  cov- 
erings for  the  machinery  of  elevators,  and  all  other  bulkheads, 
including  the  bulkheads  of  all  dwelling  houses  hereafter  erected  or 
altered,  may  be  constructed  of  hollow  fireproof  blocks  or  of  wood 


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covered  with  fircj^roof  iiuiteriril,  or  filled  in  llic  thickness  of  the 
stiKl(Hn<;'  with  such  inatcrial.  and  covered  on  the  outside  with  metal, 
including-  sides  and  edges  of  doors.  Covers  on  top  of  water  tanks 
placed  on  roofs  may  be  of  wood,  covered  with  tin. 

CORNICES. 

Sec.  172.  All  exterior  cornices  and  gutters  of  all  Inhldings 
hereafter  erected,  except  wooden  buildings,  shall  be  oi  fireproof 
material.  All  fireproof  cornices  shall  be  well  secured  to  the  walls 
with  iron  anchors,  independent  of  any  woodwork.  Where  a  wall 
is  finished  with  a  cornice  of  stone,  terra  cotta  or  similar  material, 
the  greatest  weight  of  the  material  of  such  cornice  shall  be  on  the 
inside  of  the  face  of  the  wall  unless  supported  by  iron  construction, 
so  that  the  cornice  shall  firmly  balance  upon  the  wall.  In  all  cases 
the  walls  behind  metal  cornices  shall  be  carried  up  to  the  planking 
of  the  roof,  and  where  the  cornice  projects  above  the  roof,  the 
walls  shall  be  carried  up  above  the  planking  of  the  cornice  and 
be  coped.  All  exterior  wooden  cornices  that  may  now  be  or  that 
may  hereafter  become  unsafe  or  rotten  shall  be  taken  down,  and 
if  replaced  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material.  All  exterior 
cornices  of  wood  or  gutters  that  may  hereafter  be  damaged  by  fire 
to  the  extent  of  one-third  shall  be  taken  down,  and  if  replaced  shall 
be  constructed  of  fireproof  material ;  but  if  not  damaged  to  the  ex- 
tent of  one-third,  the  same  may  be  repaired  with  the  same  kind 
of  material  of  which  they  were  originally  constructed. 

SNOW  GUARD. 

Sec.  173.  Every  building  near  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  said 
city,  shall  be  furnished  with  a  balustrade  or  other  contrivance,  suffi- 
cient to  prevent  any  slide  of  snow  or  ice  falling  from  the  roof 
thereof  upon  such  street  or  sidewalk. 

ROOF   OF    WOODEN    BUILDING. 

Sec.  174.  No  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limits  more  than 
two  stories  or  over  twenty  feet  in  height  above  the  curb  level  to 
the  highest  part  thereof,  which  shall  require  roofing,  .shall  be  roofed 
with  any  other  roofing  or  covering,  except  as  provided  in  this  chap- 
ter. Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the 
repairing  of  any  shingle  roof,  provided  the  building  is  not  altered 


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in  height.  All  buildings  shall  have  scuttles  or  bulkheads,  covered 
with  fireproof  material,  with  ladders  or  stairs  leading  thereto.  No 
scuttle  shall  be  less  in  size  than  two  by  three  feet.  All  skvlights 
having  a  superficial  area  of  more  than  twelve  square  feet,  placed 
in  any  building,  shall  have  the  sashes  and  frames  thereof  construct- 
ed of  iron  and  glass.  Every  fireproof  roof  hereafter  placed  on  any 
building  shall  have,  beside  the  usual  scuttle  or  bulkhead,  a  skylight 
or  skylights  of  a  superficial  area  equal  to  not  less  than  one-fiftieth 
the  superficial  area  of  such  fireproof  roof.  All  buildings  shall  be 
kept  provided  with  proper  metallic  leaders  for  conducting  water 
from  the  roofs  in  such  a  manner  as  shall  protect  the  walls  and  foun- 
dations of  said  buildings  from  injury.  In  no  case  shall  the  water 
from  the  said  leaders  be  allowed  to  flow  upon  the  sidewalk,  but  the 
same  shall  be  conducted  by  pipe  or  pipes  to  the  sewer.  If  there  be 
no  sewer  in  the  street  upon  which  such  buildings  front,  then  the 
water  shall  be  conducted  by  proper  pipe  or  pipes  below  the  surface 
of  the  sidewalk  to  the  street  gutter. 

ROOF  OF  BUILDINGS   NOT   WOODEN. 

Sec.  175.  The  planking  and  sheathing  of  the  roof  of  every 
building  hereafter  erected,  except  a  wooden  building,  shall  in  no 
case  be  extended  across  the  front,  rear,  side,  end  or  party  wall  there- 
of. Every  such  building  and  the  tops  and  sides  of  every  dormer- 
window  thereon  shall  be  covered  and  roofed  with  slate,  tin,  copper, 
iron,  gravel  or  such  other  quality  of  fireproof  roofing  as  the  inspect- 
or of  buildings,  under  his  certificate,  may  authorize. 

MANSARD   ROOF. 

Sec.  176.  If  a  mansard  or  any  other  roof  having  a  pitch  of  over 
sixty  degrees  be  placed  on  any  building,  except  a  wooden  building, 
or  a  dwelling  house  not  exceeding  thirty-five  feet  in  height,  it 
shall  be  constructed  of  iron  rafters  and  lathed  with  iron  on  the 
inside  and  plastered,  or  filled  in  with  fireproof  material  not  less 
than  three  inches  thick,  and  covered  with  metal,  slate  or  tile. 

CHANGING  ROOF. 

Sec.  177.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  the  owner  or  owners  of  any 
brick  dwelling  house  with  eight-inch  walls,  or  of  any  wooden  build- 
ing already  erected  that  has  a  peaked  roof,  to  raise  the  same  for 


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the  purpose  of  niakin^^  a  flat  roof  thereon,  unless  tlie  same  he 
raised  with  the  same  kind  of  material  as  the  building-,  and  unless 
such  new  roof  be  covered  with  some  of  the  articles  mentioned  in 
this  chapter,  and  provided  that  such  ])uil(hn_i^,  wlien  sd  raised, 
shall  not  exceed  forty  feet  in  height  to  the  highest  part  thereof. 
All  such  buildings  must  exceed  twenty-five  feet  in  height  to  the 
peak  of  the  roof  before  the  said  alteration  and  raising.  If  any 
such  building  shall  have  been  built  before  the  street  upon  which  it 
is  located  is  graded,  or  if  the  grade  is  altered  sucli  building  may  be 
raised  or  lowered  to  meet  the  requirements  of  such  grade. 

MEASUREMENTS   FROM    CURB   LEVEL. 

Sec.  178.  The  height  of  all  walls  except  as  provided  for  in  sec- 
tion seventy-six  shall  be  measured  from  the  curb  level  at  the  center 
of  the  building  to  the  top  of  the  highest  point  of  the  roof  beams 
in  the  case  of  flat  roofs,  and  for  high-pitched  roofs  the  average 
of  the  height  of  the  gable  be  taken  as  the  highest  point  of  the  wall. 
In  case  the  wall  is  carried  on  iron  girders,  or  iron  girders  and  col- 
umns, or  piers  of  masonry,  the  measurement,  as  to  height,  may  be 
taken  from  the  top  of  such  girder.  When  the  walls  of  a  structure 
do  not  adjoin  the  street,  then  the  average  level  for  the  ground  ad- 
joining the  walls  may  be  taken  instead  of  the  street  curb  level  for 
the  height  of  such  structure.  The  width  of  buildings,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  this  title,  shall  be  determined  by  the  way  the  beams  are 
placed.  The  lengthwise  of  the  beams  may  be  considered  and  taken 
to  be  the  widthwise  of  the  building,  and  the  bearing  wall  are 
those  walls  on  which  the  beams  or  trusses  rest. 


BUILDINGS   WITHIN   FIRE  DISTRICT. 

Sec.  179.  Within  the  Fire  District,  as  they  now  are  or  may 
hereafter  be  established  by  the  board  of  aldermen  of  said  city,  no 
frame  or  wooden  building  shall  hereafter  be  built,  except  as  in  this 
chapter   authorized. 

"Provided,  hoivever,  that  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  at  his 
discretion,  issue  a  permit  to  any  person  to  build  any  wooden  addition 
to  any  private  house,  upon  application  of  the  owner  of  said  build- 
ing within  said  fire  district  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the 
building  inspector  may  deem  advisable  when,  in  his  opinion,  after 


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a  full  hearing-  has  been  lield,  there  seems  to  exist  sufficient  reason 
whv  such  a  permit  should  not  be  g-ranted." 

RIGHT  TO  REBUILD  DAMAGED   BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  180.  Every  wooden  or  frame  building-  with  a  brick  or 
other  front  within  the  fire  limits  which  may  hereafter  be  damaged 
to  an  amount  not  greater  than  one-half  of  the  value  thereof,  exclu- 
sive of  the  value  of  the  foundation  at  the  time  of  such  damage,  may 
be  repaired  or  rebuilt.  But  if  such  damage  shall  amount  to  more 
than  one-half  of  the  value  of  such  building  it  shall  be  taken  down. 
If  the  inspector  of  buildings  shall  determine  that  such  damage  is 
greater  than  one-half  the  value  of  such  building  and  the  owner 
thereof  wishes  to  rebuild,  he  may  appeal  to  the  board  of  arbitration 
which  shall  be  composed  of  one  engineer  and  one  architect  who 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  and  one  builder 
appointed  by  the  owner  of  the  building,  and  a  decision  of  the  ma- 
jority of  them,  reduced  to  writing  and  sworn  to.  shall  be  conclusive 
on  all  parties. 

VARIOUS   structures   WITHIN    THE    FIRE   LIMITS. 

Sec.  181.  The  following  wooden  and  temporary  structures  shall 
be  allowed  within  the  fire  limits : 

Temporary  one-story  frame  buildings  may  be  erected  for  the 
use  of  builders,  with  the  limits  of  lots  whereon  buildings  are  in  the 
course  of  erection,  or  on  adjoining-  vacant  lots,  upon  permits  issued 
by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  Fences  of  wood  shall  not  be  erected 
over  eight  feet  high.  Signs  of  wood  shall  not  be  erected  over  two 
feet  high  on  any  building.  Sheds  of  wood  not  over  fifteen  feet  high, 
open  on  at  least  one  side,  with  the  sides  and  roof  thereof  covered 
with  fireproof  material,  may  also  be  built,  but  no  fence  shall  be  used 
as  the  back  or  side  of  any  such  shed,  provided,  that  sheds  for  the 
protection  of  lumber  may  be  erected  to  greater  height  under  such 
conditions  as  may  be  designed  by  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

Exterior  privies  and  wood  or  coal  houses,  not  exceeding-  one 
hundred  and  fifty  square  feet  in  superficial  area  and  eight  feet  high, 
may  be  built  of  wood,  but  the  roofs  thereof  must  be  covered  with 
metal,  gravel  or  slate.  Sheds  erected  on  piers,  wharves  or  bulk- 
heads on  a  water  front,  not  exceeding  twenty-five  feet  in  height, 
shall  be  covered  on  the  outside  with  slate,  tile,  metal  or  other  in- 


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coniluislililf  material.  Coal  elevators  or  pockets  for  the  storage 
of  coal,  and  trestle  work  in  connection  therewith,  shall  he  in  mode 
of  construction  and  location  as  may  he  approved  hy  the  inspector 
of  huilding-s.  Grain  elevators  may  he  constructed  of  wood,  hut  all 
the  external  woodwork  shall  he  covered  with  incomhustihle  material, 
and  when  such  huildings  exceed  sixty  feet  in  height,  the  two  lower 
stories  shall  he  of  hrick.  Lumber  or  other  wood,  or  second-hand 
comhustihle  material  shall  not  be  piled  at  any  lesser  distance  from 
the  nearest  dwelling  house  than  double  the  height  of  such  pile. 

Any  bay  or  oriel  window  that  does  not  extend  more  than  three 
feet  above  the  second  story  ceiling  line  of  any  dwelling  house  may 
be  built  of  wood. 

USE  OF  WOODEN  BEAMS. 

Sec.  182.  All  wooden  beams  or  other  timbers  in  the  party  wall 
of  every  building  built  of  stone,  brick  or  iron,  shall  be  separated 
from  the  beam  or  timber  entering  in  the  opposite  side  of  the  wall 
by  at  least  four  inches  of  solid  mason  work.  No  wooden  floor 
beams  nor  wooden  roof  beams  used  in  any  building,  exceeding  three 
stories  in  height,  hereafter  erected,  shall  be  of  less  thickness  than 
three  inches.  All  wooden  trimmer  and  header  beams  shall  not  be 
less  than  one  inch  thicker  than  the  floor  or  roof  beams  on  the  same 
tier,  where  the  header  is  four  feet  or  less  in  length  ;  and  where  the 
header  is  more  than  four  feet  and  not  more  than  fifteen  feet  in 
length,  the  trimmer  and  header  beams  shall  be  at  least  double  the 
thickness  of  the  floor  or  roof  beams,  or  shall  each  be  made  of  two 
beams  forming  such  thickness  properly  spiked  or  bolted  together, 
and  when  the  header  is  more  than  fifteen  feet  in  length  wrought- 
iron  flitch  plates  of  proper  thickness  and  depth  shall  be  placed 
between  t.wo  wooden  beams  suitably  bolted  together  to  and  through 
the  iron  plates  in  constructing  the  trimmer  and  header  beams ;  or 
wrought-iron  or  rolled  steel  beams  of  sufficient  strength  may  be 
used.  Every  wooden  beam,  except  header  and  tail  beams,  shall  rest 
at  one  end  four  inches  in  the  wall,  or  upon  a  girder  as  authorized  by 
this  title.  All  wooden  floor  and  wooden  roof  beams  shall  be  properly 
bridged  with  cross-bridging  and  the  distance  between  bridging  or 
between  bridging  and  walls  shall  not  exceed  eight  feet.  Every 
wooden  header  or  trimmer  more  than  four  feet  long,  used  in  any 
building,  shall  be  hung  in  stirrup-irons  of  suitable  thickness  for 
the  size  of  the  timbers  or  joist  hangers  approved  by  the  inspector 


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of  building^s.  No  timber  shall  be  used  in  any  wall  of  any  building 
where  stone,  brick  or  iron  is  commonly  used,  except  lintels,  as 
hereinbefore  provided.  The  ends  of  all  wooden  floor  and  roof 
beams,  where  they  rest  on  brick  walls,  shall  be  cut  to  a  level  of 
three  inches  on  their  depth,  so  that  in  case  of  fire  they  may  fall 
without  injury  to  walls.  All  wooden  beams  shall  be  trimmed  away 
from  the  flues,  whether  the  same  be  a  smoke,  air,  or  any  other  flue, 
the  trimmer  beam  to  be  eight  inches  from  the  inside  face  of  the 
flue  in  a  straight  way  and  four  inches  from  the  outside  of  a  chim- 
ne\-  breast,  and  the  header  two  inches  from  the  outside  face  of  the 
flue. 

Each  tier,  of  beams  shall  be  anchored  to  the  side,  front,  rear  or 
party  walls  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  six  feet  apart,  with  good, 
strong  wrought-iron  anchors  of  not  less  than  one  and  a  half  inches 
by  three-eighths  of  an  inch  in  size,  well  fastened  to  the  side  of  the 
beams  by  two  or  more  nails  made  of  wrought-iron  at  least  one- 
fourth  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  The  ends  of  beam  resting  upon 
girders  shall  be  butted  together,  end  to  end,  and  strapped  by 
wrought-iron  straps  of  the  same  size  and  distance  apart,  and  in 
the  same  beams  as  the  wall  anchors,  and  shall  be  fastened  in  the 
same  manner  as  said  wall  anchors,  or  they  may  lap  each  other  at 
least  twelve  inches  and  be  well  spiked  or  bolted  together  where 
lapped.  Where  the  beams  are  supported  by  girders,  the  girders 
shall  be  anchored  to  the  walls  and  fastened  to  each  other  by  suitable 
iron  straps.  Every  pier  and  wall,  front  or  rear,  shall  be  well  an- 
chored to  the  beams  of  each  story,  with  the  same  size  anchors  as  are 
required  for  side  walls,  which  anchor  shall  hook  over  the  second 
beams.  Each  tier  of  beams,  front  and  rear,  opposite  each  pier,  shall 
have  hard  wood  or  Georgia  pine  anchor  strips  dovetailed  into  the 
beams  diagonally,  which  strips  shall  cover  at  least  four  beams,  and 
be  one  inch  thick  and  four  inches  wide,  but  no  such  anchor  strips 
shall  be  let  in  within  four  feet  of  the  center  line  of  the  beams ;  or 
wooden  strips  shall  be  nailed  on  the  top  of  the  beams  and  kept  in 
place  imtil  the  floors  are  being  laid.  Wooden  columns  supporting 
wooden  girders  and  wooden  floor  beams  and  wooden  roof  beams, 
in  all  buildings  more  than  two  stories  in  height,  shall  each  have 
cap  and  base  plates  of  iron  not  less  than  one  inch  thick,  and  of 
proper  size  and  shape.  Said  wooden  columns,  when  placed  one 
over  another,  shall  not  bear  upon  any  wooden  girder,  but  shall 
bear  directly  upon  each  other,  or  shall  have  between  the  iron  plates 


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suital)lc  iron  dowels  passino^  tlirou<:^h  the  jj^irdcrs.  All  timbers  and 
wood  beams  used  in  any  building-  shall  be  of  good,  sound  material, 
free  from  rot,  larg-e  and  loose  knots,  shakes,  or  any  imperfection 
whereby  the  strength  may  be  impaired,  and  be  of  such  size  and 
dimensions  as  the  purposes  for  which  the  building  is  intended  re- 
quire. 

WOODKX  BUILDINGS  OUTSIDE  FIRE  DISTRICT. 

Sec.  183.  Outside  of  the  fire  district  before  prescribed  herein, 
buildings  of  frame  or  wood  may  be  erected,  but  no  frame  building, 
to  be  occupied  or  used  as  a  stable,  workshop  or  manufactory,  shall 
be  built  more  than  two  stories  or  twenty-five  feet  in  height,  nor 
shall  any  wooden  tower  or  spire  be  built  or  rebuilt  fo  a  greater 
heig-ht  than  sixty  feet.  No  frame  or  wooden  dwelling  house  here- 
after erected  shall  exceed  three  stories  or  thirty-five  feet  in  height. 

GENERAL  RESTRICTIONS  FOR  WOODEN  BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  184.  When  two  or  more  houses,  mentioned  in  the  preced- 
ing section,  are  built  contiguous,  the  party  or  division  studding 
shall  be  not  less  than  four  inches  thick  and  filled  in  solidly  with 
brickwork,  or  the  division  walls  may  be  of  brick  not  less  than  eight 
inches  thick  above  the  foundation  wall ;  and  the  ends  of  the  floor 
beams  shall  be  so  separated  that  four  inches  of  brick  will  be  between 
the  beams  where  they  rest  on  said  walls.  All  frame  or  wooden 
buildings  exceeding-  a  height  of  fifteen  feet  shall  be  built  with  sills, 
posts,  studs,  plates  and  rafters,  all  of  suitable  size  and  properly 
framed  and  braced,  and  with  suitable  studs  set  at  proper  distances 
apart.  The  floor  bean)S  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  in  thickness. 
The  covering-  of  roofs  may  be  of  shingle.  All  cellar  or  basement 
walls  of  frame  or  wooden  buildings  shall  be  not  less  than  eight 
inches  thick  if  of  brick,  or  of  a  greater  thickness  if  of  stone.  When 
any  said  wall  is  eight  feet  or  more  above  the  surface  of  the  ground, 
then  the  wall  shall  be  not  less  than  twelve  inches  thick  if  of  brick, 
or  not  less  than  sixteen  inches  thick,  if  of  stone.  Frame  buildings 
sheathed  with  boards  and  partially  or  entirely  covered  with  four 
inches  of  brickwork  shall  be  deemed  to  be  frame  buildings. 

FIRE-ESCAPES. 

Sec,  185.  Every  dwelling  house  occupied  by  or  built  to  be  oc- 
cupied by  three  or  more  families  above  the  first  story,  and  every 
building  already  erected,   or  that  may  hereafter  be   erected,   more 


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than  three  stories  in  height,  occupied  and  used  as  a  hotel  or  lodging 
house,  and  every  boarding  house  having  more  than  fifteen  sleep- 
ing rooms  above  the  ground  floor,  and  every  factory,  mill,  manufac- 
tory or  workshop,  hospital,  asylum  or  institution  for  the  care  or 
treatment  of  individuals,  and  every  building  in  whole  or  in  part 
occupied  or  used  as  a  school  or  place  of  instruction,  or  assembly, 
and  every  office  building  four  stories  or  more  in  height,  shall  be 
provided  with  such  good  and  sufficient  fire-escapes  and  stairways 
as  shall  be  directed  by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  The  inspector 
of  buildings  shall  make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  construction 
of  outside  fire-escape  balconies  and  ladders.  The  inspector  of  build- 
ings shall  have  full  and  exclusive  power  and  authority  within  said 
city  to  direct  fire-escapes  and  other  means  of  egress  to  be  provided 
upon  and  within  said  building  or  any  of  them.  The  owner  or  own- 
ers of  any  building  upon  which  a  fire-escape  is  erected  shall  keep 
the  same  in  good  repair  and  properly  painted. 

OBSTRUCTING  FIRE-ESCAPES. 

Sec.  186.  In  constructing  all  balcony  fire-escapes,  the  manu- 
facturer thereof  shall  securely  fasten  thereto,  in  a  conspicuous 
place,  a  cast-iron  plate  having  suitable  raised  letters  on  the  same, 
to  read  as  follows :  "Notice  !  Any  person  placing  any  incumbrance 
on  this  balcony  is  liable  to  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars." 

No  person  shall  at  any  time  place  an  incumbrance  of  any  kind 
whatsoever  before  or  upon  any  fire-escape. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  fireman  and  policeman  who  shall 
discover  any  fire-escape  balcony  or  ladder  of  any  fire-escape  in- 
cumbered in  any  way  to  forthwith  report  the  same  to  the  inspector 
of  buildings,  who  shall  immediately  notify  the  occupant  of  the 
apartment  or  premises  to  which  such  fire-escape  is  attached,  either 
verbally  or  in  writing,  to  remove  such  incumbrance  and  to  keep 
the  fire-escape  free  from  further  incumbrance.  If  such  notice 
shall  not  be  complied  with  said  inspector  shall  notify  the  city  attor- 
ney, and  said  occupant,  on  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 
ten  dollars  for  each  oii'ense. 

ROPE    FOR    fire-escape. 

Sec.  187.  The  owner,  proprietor  or  manager  of  every  hotel  and 
lodging  house,  and  of  every  boarding  house  having  more  than  fif- 
teen sleeping  rooms  above  the  ground  floor,  and  the  person  or  per- 


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sons  having-  charc^e  or  mana.8^ement  of  every  pul)lic  or  private  hos- 
pital or  asylum  building",  shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed  in  every 
room  used  as  a  lodging  or  sleeping  room  in  such  building,  except 
the  rooms  on  the  ground  floor,  and  also  excepting  rooms  one  or 
more  windows  of  which  open  upon  a  fire-escape  having  direct  access 
to  the  ground,  a  manilla  rope,  or  other  better  appliance  to  be 
approved  by  said  chief  of  fire  department,  to  be  used  as  an  auxil- 
iary means  of  escape.  Said  rope  or  other  appliance  shall  be-  sc- 
securely  fastened  on  one  end  to  a  suitable  iron  hook  or  eye,  to  be  se- 
curely driven  into  or  fastened  to  the  wall  or  stud  next  adjoining 
the  frame  of  the  window,  or  one  of  the  windows,  of  such  room, 
and  at  all  times  to  be  coiled  up  and  exposed  to  the  view  of  the 
occupant  of  the  room,  the  coil  to  be  fastened  in  such  slight  manner 
as  to  be  easily  and  quickly  loosened.  Said  rope  shall  not  be  less 
than  one  inch  in  diameter  and  shall  be  of  sufficient  length  to  reach 
the  ground,  and  the  rope  and  fastenings  shall  be  of  sufficient 
strength  to  sustain  a  weight  of  not  less  than  one  thousand  pounds. 

CHIEF  TO  INSPECT  BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  188.  The  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  cause  any  build- 
ing to  which  the  requirement  of  rope-escapes  applies  to  be  periodi- 
cally inspected  to  ascertain  whether  the  provisions  of  the  preceding 
section  as  to  ropes  have  been  complied  with,  and  to  report  any 
omission  or  neglect  thereof  to  the  city  attorney.  The  provisions 
of  the  preceding  section  in  regard  to  auxiliary  rope  fire-escapes  shall 
not  apply  to  fireproof  buildings.  All  buildings  requiring  fire- 
escapes  shall  have  stationary  iron  ladders  leading  to  the  scuttle 
opening  in  the  roof  thereof,  and  all  scuttles  and  ladders  shall  be 
kept  so  as  to  be  ready  for  use  at  all  times.  If  a  bulkhead  is  used 
in  place  of  a  scuttle,  it  shall  have  stairs  with  sufficient  guard  or 
hand-rail  leading  to  the  roof.  In  case  the  building  shall  be  a  ten- 
ement house,  the  door  in  the  bulkhead  or  any  scuttle  shall  at  no 
time  be  locked,  but  may  be  fastened  on  the  inside  by  moveable  bolts 
or  hooks.  Every  dwelling  house  arranged  for  or  occupied  by  two 
or  more  families  above  the  first  story,  shall  be  provided  with  an 
entrance  to  the  basement  thereof  from  the  outside  of  such  building. 

REAR   TENEMENTS    FORBIDDEN. 

'  Sec.   189.     No  building  to  be  used  for  resident  purposes  shall 
be  altered  from  other  purposes  or  built  in  the  rear  of  a  building 


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occpiipying  the  front  of  the  same  lot  or  plot  of  g-round.  nor  shall 
any  bnilding-  now  existinj^  or  used  or  to  be  used  for  resident  pur- 
poses be  moved  so  that  it  shall  stand  in  the  rear  of  the  building 
occupying  the  front  of  the  same  lot  or  plot  of  ground,  and  no 
building  whatsoever  shall  be  erected  or  placed  in  front  of  the  build- 
ing occupying  the  rear  of  the  same  lot  or  plot  of  ground,  except 
a  special  permit  be  obtained  from  the  board  of  fire  commissioners 
and  the  board  of  health. 

ABATEMENT  OF  REAR  TENEMENTS. 

Sec.  190.  Any  building  erected,  altered  or  moved  in  violation 
of  these  ordinances  shall  be  deemed  and  held  a  common  nuisance, 
and  the  building  inspector,  with  the  advice  of  the  mayor,  having 
given  reasonable  notice  under  his  hand  to  the  owner  of  such  build- 
ing to  remove  or  destroy  the  same,  shall,  in  case  said  order  is  not 
complied  with,  abate  such  nuisance  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  and 
the  expense  so  incurred  shall  from  the  time  when  such  work  is 
begun,  be  and  continue  a  lien  and  real  encumbrance  in  favor  of  said 
city  upon  the  land  of  the  owner  upon  which  said  building  stood. 
Such  amount  may  also  be  recovered  in  a  civil  action  in  the  name 
of  the  city. 

LIGHT   AND   VENTILATION. 

Sec.  191.  All  buildings  to  be  used  for  residential  purposes  shall 
be  so  erected  and  located  as  to  provide  for  a  preservation  at  least 
ten  percentum  of  the  area  of  the  lot  upon  which  they  are  erected 
free  from  all  construction  from  ground  to  sky,  unless  said  lot  has 
two  sides  bordering  upon  public  streets. 

DANGEROUS  BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  192.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  inspector,  any  build- 
ing, wall  or  part  of  any  building,  on  account  of  any  cause  or  defect, 
is  dangerous,  or  when  any  building  shall  be  deemed  unsafe  for  the 
purpose  for  which  it  was  used,  or  shall  be  in  danger  of  being  set 
on  fire  from  any  defect  in  its  construction,  or  when  doors  or  stair- 
ways in  any  public  hall,  theatre  or  factory,  are  insufficient  for  the 
escape  of  people  in  case  of  fire,  panic  or  accident,  the  inspector 
shall  notify  the  owner  or  his  agent,  in  writing,  specifying  wherein 
such  danger  consists,  or  wherein  such  building  is  unsafe  or  defective. 
If  the  owner  or  agent  neglects  to  proceed  to  put  such  building  in  a 


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safe  condition  or  forthwith  to  pull  down  or  secure  such  building, 
wall  or  dangerous  parts  or  remedy  the  defect,  he  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

BUILDINGS   ENDANGERING   LIFE. 

Sec.  193.  In  case  the  decision  of  the  inspector  upon  the  safety 
of  any  building,  or  any  part  thereof,  is  made  in  a  case  which  is  so 
urgent  that  the  failure  to  promptly  carry  out  his  order  to  demolish 
or  strengthen  such  building,  or  part  thereof,  may  endanger  life 
and  limb,  the  decision  and  order  of  the  inspector  shall  be  absolute 
and  final,  and  no  appeal  therefrom  to  an  arbitration  shall  be  per- 
mitted. 

DUTY  OF  INSPECTOR  IF  BUILDING  IS  DANGEROUS. 

Sec.  194.  Whenever,  upon  evidence,  the  inspector  of  buildings 
and  the  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  determine  that  there  is 
actual  and  immediate  danger  of  the  falling  of  any  building  or  part 
thereof,  so  as  to  endanger  life,  such  building,  or  part  thereof  shall 
thereupon  be  deemed  a  nuisance,  and  the  inspector  shall  cause  such 
work  to  be  done  as  may  be  necessary  to  render  said  building  or  part 
thereof,  safe,  or  may  cause  said  building,  or  such  part  thereof,  as 
may  be  unsafe,  to  be  torn  down  and  removed. 

OBSTRUCTION  OF   STREET  AND  SIDEWALK. 

Sec.  195.  Any  person  duly  licensed  or  permitted  to  occupy  any 
part  of  any  street  within  the  city  limits  while  erecting  or  repair- 
ing any  building,  and  any  person  making  any  excavation  in  any 
sidewalk  or  who  shall  remove  the  pavement  or  material  of  which 
the  sidewalk  is  composed,  for  any  purpose,  shall  provide  safe  and 
convenient  passage  around  or  over  that  part  of  the  sidewalk  or 
street  removed  or  excavated  by  them  or  occupied  by  them  while 
so  erecting  or  repairing  any  building,  for  public  travel,  by  erecting 
and  maintaining  a  plank  walk  not  less  than  three  feet  in  width, 
over  or  around  so  much  of  the  sidewalk  as  they  may  have  removed 
or  excavated,  or  they  may  occupy  while  erecting  or  repairing  any 
building,  unless  the  street  in  front  thereof  is  paved  with  brick  or 
asphalt,  in  which  case  a  walk  shall  be  kept  clean  around  said  side- 
walk. 

Said  person  shall  at  all  times  keep  that  part  of  the  sidewalk  oc- 
cupied by  them  and  the  excavation  made  by  them,  properly  lighted 


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in  accordance  with  these  ordinances,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep  the 
street  gutters  free  and  clear  from  anything  which  will  prevent  or 
retard  the  flow  of  water  therein.  The  opening  left  in  the  gutters  for 
water  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  inches  in  width,  and  if  covered, 
the  interior  space  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  inches  in  height. 

STREET  AND  SIDEWALK  TO  BE  USED  ONLY  DURING  CONSTRUCTION. 

Sec.  196.  The  permission  to  occupy  streets  and  sidewalks  for 
purposes  of  building  is  intended  only  for  use  in  connection  with 
the  actual  erection,  repair  or  alteration ,  of  buildings,  and  must 
terminate  with  the  completion  of  such  operation.  It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful to  occupy  any  sidewalk  or  street  after  the  completion  of  the 
operation  for  which  such  permit  has  been  issued  by  the  inspector  of 
iDuildings.  It  shall  also  be  unlawful  to  occupy  a  street  or  sidewalk 
under  authority  of  such  permit,  for  the  storage  of  articles  not  intend- 
ed for  immediate  use  in  connection  with  the  operations  for  which 
such  permit  has  been  issued. 

PRIVILEGE   OF    USING   SIDEWALK    BEYOND   BUILDING. 

Sec.  197.  If  the  written  consent,  and  a  waiver  of  claims  for 
damages  against  the  city,  of  the  owners  of  properties  abutting  upon 
the  site  of  any  proposed  building  is  obtained,  and  filed  with  the 
inspector  of  buildings,  the  permission  to  occupy  the  roadway  and 
the  sidewalk  may  be  extended  beyond  the  limits  of  such  buildings 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  those  herein  fixed  for  the 
occupation  of  the  sidewalk  and  street  in  front  of  the  building  itself. 

TO  RELAY   SIDEWALKS. 

Sec.  198.  If  any  person  shall  remove  any  portion  of  the  side- 
walk before  any  premises  for  any  of  the  purposes  hereinbefore 
mentioned,  the  owner  of  said  premises  shall,  upon  the  order  of  the 
director  of  public  works  and  within  thirty  days  of  the  time  when 
notice  of  such  order  shall  have  been  served  upon  them,  relay  said 
walk  with  such  material  as  the  said  director  shall  decide  upon  and 
specify  in  said  order. 

VIOLATION    OF    ORDINANCE    REGARDING    SIDEW^ALKS. 

Sec.  199.  The  director  of  public  works,  whenever  he  discovers 
any  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  relating 
to  sidewalks  and  gutters,  shall  immediately  leave  with  the  owner 


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of  the  buildino^.  or  his  agent,  notices  of  such  violation,  and  an  order 
that  the  requirement  violated  shall  be  innnediately  complied  with. 
If,  after  three  hours,  the  order  of  the  director  of  public  works  has 
not  been  complied  with,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  execute  the  same, 
and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  a  lien  or  real  incumbrance  in  favor 
of  said  city  upon  said  land  and  buildine^s,  or  both.  And  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  director  of  public  works  to  record  his  certificate 
of  lien  for  such  expense,  to  be  recorded  within  sixty  days  there- 
after, unless  the  same  shall  have  previously  been  paid. 

PERMIT  TO  LAST  FOR  SIX  MONTHS. 

Sec.  200.  Every  permit  for  the  erection,  alteration,  or  repair 
of  a  building,  shall  be  considered  canceled  if  active  work  is  not 
commenced  within  the  period  of  six  months  from  the  date  of  its 
issue. 

REV^OCATION    OF    PERMIT. 

Sec.  201.  Every  permit  shall  be  subject,  to  revocation  should 
the  inspector  become  convinced  that  the  work  done  under  said 
permit  is  proceeding  in  violation  of  law  or  of  these  ordinances,  or 
done  in  a  reckless  or  careless  manner.  Revocation  of  a  permit 
shall  be  in  writing-  and  shall  be  served  on  the  owner  or  his  agent, 
or  in  their  absence  on  any  one  doing  any  of  the  work ;  and  from 
and  after  such  revocation  of  permit  all  parties  doing  any  work  in 
or  about  said  structure,  building  or  premises  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  within  the  temis  of  this  ordinance. 

PERMIT  TO  MOVE  BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  202.  Pennits  to  move  buildings  shall  be  granted  when  a 
building  has  not  been  damaged  to  an  extent  greater  than  fifty  per 
cent,  of  its  original  value  by  wear  and  tear,  the  action  of  the  ele- 
ments, fire  or  otherwise. 

Any  person  desiring  to  remove  a  building  shall  first  obtain  the 
written  consent  to  such  removal  from  the  building  inspector  and 
the  director  of  public  works.  No  wooden  building  shall  be  moved 
from  one  lot  to  another  until  a  sworn  petition  setting  forth  the  pur- 
poses of  said  removal,  and  the  uses  to  which  said  building  is  to  be 
applied,  is  filed  in  the  ofBce  of  the  inspector  of  buildings,  and  the 
written  consent  of  said  inspector  is  first  obtained  therefor.  No 
wooden  building  shall  be  moved  from  without  to  within  the  fire 
limits. 


SERVICE  OF    NOTICE. 

Sec.  203.  In  all  cases  where,  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, notice  is  required  to  be  given,  such  notice  shall  be  served 
by  posting  a  written  or  printed  copy  thereof  on  the  premises  con- 
cerned, and  either  leaving  a  duplicate  copy  thereof  at  the  usual 
place  of  abode  of  the  party  interested,  if  within  the  city,  or  by 
mailing  such  duplicate  in  a  registered  letter  to  the  last  known  ad- 
dress of  said  party,  if  residing  without  the  city,  or  publishing  the 
said  notice  for  three  successive  days  in  the  newspapers  employed 
to  do  the  city  printing.  Any  notice  served  upon  the  architect  or 
other  duly  authorized  agent  in  charge  of  an}'  building  or  estate,  shall_ 
be  binding  upon  the  owner  thereof. 

No  wall,  structure,  building,  or  part  thereof,  shall  hereafter  be 
built  or  constructed  within  said  city,  except  in  confonnity  with  the 
provisions  of  this  title.  Xo  building  already  erected  or  hereafter  to 
be  built,  in  said  city,  shall  be  raised,  altered  or  built  upon,  in  any 
manner  that  would  be  in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
title. 

PENALTIES. 

Sec.  204.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation,  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  twenty-five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
every  such  violation,  except  such  fines  as  are  otherwise  herein  pro- 
vided for,  and  shall  further  suffer  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  ten  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every 
day  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  continue  such  violation 
after  written  notice  from  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

BUILDING  LINES. 

Sec.  205.  Whenever  new  streets  are  laid  out  or  the  lines  of 
existing  streets  are  changed,  building  lines  for  said  streets  shall 
be  established  or  designated  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  and  until 
such  line  is  so  established  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to 
erect  or  to  place,  cause  to  be  erected  or  to  be  placed  any  building 
or  structure  on  such  street,'  and  after  the  establishment  of  such 
line  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  erect  or  to  place,  cause 
to  be  erected  or  to  place  any  building  or  structure  nearer  such 
street  than  the  line  so  established. 


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Am  person  ofYcndiiif^  a.q'aiiist  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  forfeit  and  pa}-  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  ofifense ;  and  a  like  penaltv 
for  every  week  that  such  huildinij  '»r  other  structure,  shall  remain  in 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

NUMBERING    BUILDINGS. 

Sec.  206.  The  board  of  aldermen  shall  have  power  to  cause  num- 
bers of  rep^ular  series,  to  be  affixed  to,  or  inscribed  on  all  buildings, 
or  parts  of  buildings,  erected  or  fronting  on  any  street,  alley,  or  pub- 
lic court  in  said  city,  at  their  discretion ;  and  shall  also  have  power  to 
determine  the  form,  size,  and  material  of  such  numbers,  and  the 
mode,  place,  succession  and  order  of  inscribing  and  affixing  them  on 
the  respective  houses  or  other  buildings. 

Sec.  207.  Any  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  or  part  of  a 
building,  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  for  sixty  days  to  affix  to  the 
same  the  number  designated  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  or  who  shall 
affix  to  the  same,  or  retain  thereon  more  than  one  day,  any  number 
contrary  to  the  direction  of  said  board,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  one,  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  for 
every  such  ofifense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  thereafter 
until  the  directions  of  said  board  are  complied  wnth. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  208.  No  person  shall  injure  or  deface  any  public  or  pri- 
vate building,  fence,  sign,  or  property  in  said  city,  by  cutting, 
breaking,  marking,  daubing  with  paint,  or  in  any  other  manner. 

Any  person  offending  against  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  everv  such  ofifense. 


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CHAPTER  VII. 
BURIAL  GROUNDS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

209.  Rubbish     in     burial     grounds,      '213.     Rules,     how    made     and     ap- 

penalty  for.  proved. 

210.  Defacing       grounds,       monu-      214     Chart    of    grounds. 

ments,  penalty  for.  215.     Assessments  not  to  be  levied 

211.  Driving  of  animals  in,   speed  against,  capitalized  corpora- 

limit,  tions   excepted. 

212.  Noise       and       language       in 

grounds. 

Sec.  209.  Every  person  who  shall  deposit  or  cause  to  be  de- 
posited any  dirt,  grass,  brush,  stones,  iron,  building-  materials,  or 
rubbish  of  any  kind,  upon  any  private  lot  in  any  burial  ground 
in  said  city,  unless  by  permission  of  the  owner  of  such  lot.  or  upon 
any  public  lot  or  in  or  upon  any  of  the  alleys,  paths,  borders  or 
other  parts  of  said  burial  ground,  not  included  in  a  private  lot, 
without  the  permission  of  the  committee  or  other  persons  having 
legal  charge  of  the  particular  place  of  such  deposit,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

And  every  person  having  made  such  deposit  or  caused  the  same 
to  be  made,  and  having  been  notified  by  the  owner  or  other  person 
having  legal  charge  of  the  particular  place  of  such  deposit,  to  re- 
move the  same,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  an  additional  penalty  of  one 
dollar  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  do  so. 

Sec.  210.  Every  person  who  shall  climb  upon  or  over  the  fence 
or  wall  of  any  public  or  private  burial  ground  in  said  city,  or  upon 
or  over  the  wall  or  fence  enclosing  any  lot  in  such  cemetery,  or 
who  shall  climb  or  stand  upon  any  of  the  monuments  in  such 
cemetery,  except  in  cases  of  necessity,  or  who  shall  willfully  and 
maliciously  mark,  deface,  mutilate,  destroy,  remove  or  injure  any 
wall,  fence  or  gateway  of  any  burial  ground  in  said  city,  or  of  any 
lot  or  enclosure  in  such  burial  ground,  or  any  turf,  tree,  shrub, 
plant,  vault,  tomb,  tombstone,    monument    or    ornament    in    such 


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burial  ground,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  211.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  other 
animal,  at  a  gait  faster  than  a  walk,  within  the  limits  of  any  burial 
g-round  in  said  city,  or  any  horse  or  other  animal,  alone  or  attached 
to  any  carriage  or  other  vehicle,  on  the  turf  in  any  such  burial 
ground,  under  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  212.  Every  person  guilty  of  uttering  any  profane,  ob- 
scene, or  threatening  languag^e,  or  of  makmg  any  disturbing  noise 
in  any  burial  ground  in  said  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every^  such  offense. 

Sec.  213.  The  directors  of  any  burial  association  of  said  city 
may  make  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of 
such  ground,  and  for  the  conduct  of  individuals  while  visiting  the 
same,  which  rules,  being  approved  by  a  vote  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men, shall  be  conspicuously  posted  at  or  near  the  entrance  to  such 
ground,  and  every  person  willfully  violating  any  such  rules  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  ten  dollars  for.  every 
such  offense.  •* 

'Sec.  214.  The  directors  or  committee  of  every  burial  ground 
shall  keep,  for  public  inspection,  in  some  convenient  place  near 
the  entrance  thereof,  a  chart  of  such  ground  showing  the  owner- 
ship of  the  several  lots,  which  chart  shall  be  by  them  revised  and 
corrected  during  the  month  of  May,  in  each  year,  under  a  penalty 
of  ten  dollars  for  every  such  director  or  member  of  such  committee 
neglecting-  the  duties  of  this  section. 

Sec.  215.  That,  inasmuch  as  the  burial  grounds  of  the  ceme- 
tery associations  located  in  the  city  of  New  Haven  are  laid  out 
and  maintained  for  public  and  charitable  purposes  and  not  for 
profit,  no  assessments  for  special  benefits  from  the  improvement 
of  any  streets  or  sidewalks  adjoining  any  of  said  burial  grounds  or 
the  construction  of  any  sewer  in  said  streets,  and  no  charges  for 
such  improvements,  directed  or  executed  by  the  city,  shall  be  made 
or  enforced  against  any  of  said  corporations ;  provided,  that  this 
shall  not  apply  to  any  corporation  organized  with  capital  stock  for 
the  purpose  of  realizing  profit  for  its  shareholders. 


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CHAPTER  VIII. 
CONTRACTS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

216.  Bonds,    deeds    and    contracts      218.     Mayor  and  controller  to  sign 

in  behalf  of  the  city.  evidences  of  indebtedness. 

217.  Executory  contracts;  how  ex-      219.     City  printing  and  advertising; 

ecuted;    regulations  govern-  regulations     governing     the 

ing    contracts    made    by    a  same, 

board,  committee  or  officer. 

Sec.  216.  No  bond,  deed  or  other  contract  under  seal  shall  be 
issued  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  said  city,  without  an  order  or 
resolution  therefor,  previously  passed  in  due  form,  by  the  board 
of  aldermen. 

All  bonds  of  the  city  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  city  treas- 
urer. 

The  mayor  shall  cause  the  city  clerk  to  keep  a  record  of  all  such 
instruments. 

Sec.  217.  No  contract  to  be  executed  by  the  city,  after  one 
year  from  the  date  thereof,  shall  be  binding  on  the  city,  unless  ex- 
pressly authorized  by  law,  or  by  a  vote  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

The  board,  committee,  or  officer,  making  any  contract  in  behalf 
of  the  city,  shall  keep  a  careful  record  of  the  same  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  city  authorities,  and  shall  cause  all  written  contracts 
in  favor  of  the  city  to  be  carefully  preserved  on  file. 

All  contracts  in  favor  of  the  city,  and  to  run  more  than  one 
year,  shall  be  published  once  in  the  city  year  book. 

Sec.  218.  Whenever  the  board  of  finance  shall  authorize  the 
borrowing  of  money  for  tb.e  ttse  of  the  city  in  anticipation  of  any 
tax  or  assessment  previously  laid,  the  note  or  other  obligation  of 
the  city  evidencing  such  obligation,  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor 
and  controller.  In  all  cases  where  the  issuance  of  bonds  is  author- 
ized by  the  general  assembly  and  it  is  not  otherwise  provided  in 
such  act.  such  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  mayor  and  treasurer, 
and  countersigned  by  the  controller. 


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Sec.  219.  Whenever  the  estimated  expenses  of  any  city  print- 
mg  shall  in  any  case  exceed  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  such 
printing  shall  be  done  by  contract,  awarded  to  the  lowest  respon- 
sible bidder  under  the  direction  of  the  controller  and  city  clerk. 
The  rates  for  newspaper  advertising-  shall  be  no  greater  than  those 
paid  by  individuals. 

\Mienever  any  officer  or  department  is  required  to  advertise  for 
bids,  for  any  work  to  be  done,  or  materials  to  be  furnished  for 
said  city  of  New^  Haven,  said  officer  or  department  shall  also  post 
in  a  conspicuous  place,  in  the  front  corridor  of  the  city  hall,  on  a 
suitable  bulletin  board,  to  be  provided  by  the  director  of  public 
works,  a  notice  calling  for  bids  for  such  work  to  be  done,  or  mate- 
rials to  be  furnished,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  limited  for 
the  ofifering  of  such  bids.  No  bids  for  work  to  be  done  or  materials 
to  be  furnished  shall  be  accepted  or  any  contract  awarded  thereon, 
unless  such  notice  as  is  provided  for  by  this  section,  shall  have 
been   given. 


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CHAPTER  IX. 

ELECTIONS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

220.  How  warned.  223.     Moderators'  powers  and  dut- 

221.  How  conducted,  duty  of  mod-  ies. 

erator  and  city  clerk.  224.     ^Moderator's      orders      to      be 

222.  Minors    not    to    loiter    about  obeyed. 

polling   places. 

Sec.  220.  The  mayor  of  said  city  shall  issue  an  order  under  his 
hand  for  the  election  of  city  or  ward  officers  on  the  third  Tuesday 
of  April  in  each  year,  and  for  any  special  election  or  vote  to  be 
taken  in  said  city  or  any  ward  thereof,  under  authority  of  law, 
which  order  shall  specify  the  purposes  of  such  meeting,  election 
or  vote,  and  the  several  places  of  meeting  or  voting,  after  the 
same  shall  have  been  designated  by  the  board  of  police  commis- 
sioners, and  said  order,  being  recorded  in  the  city  records  and  a 
certified  copy  published  in  two  or  more  daily  newspapers  in  said 
city,  at  least  five  days  before  the  time  prescribed  for  such  meeting, 
election  or  vote,  shall  be  sufficient  warning  thereof. 

Sec.  221.  Such  elections  and  votes  shall  be  conducted  in  all 
respects,  as  provided  in  the  statutes  of  this  state. 

Immediately  after  an  election  of  city  or  ward  officers  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  procure  a  copy  of  the  certified  re- 
turns from  the  town  clerk  and  record  the  same  in  the  city  records. 

Sec.  222.  No  minor  or  other  person  not  an  elector,  shall  loiter 
about  any  voting  place,  during  the  taking  of  any  vote,  or  about 
the  place  where  the  vote  is  being  counted. 

Sec.  223.  The  moderator  of  the  poll  at  any  city  election  or 
vote  shall  see  that  the  official  challengers  shall  have  full  and  free 
opportunity  to  exercise  their  office,  that  every  voter  shall  have 
convenient  and  unobstructed  opportunity  to  vote,  that  a  free  pass- 
age to  the  ballot  boxes  shall  be  kept  open,  that  the  polls  and 
voting  booths  shall  be  kept  free  from  noise  and  distiirbance.  and 
he  shall  have  authority  forthwith  to  arrest  without  warrant  any 
person  disobeying  his  lawful  orders   for  the  aforesaid  purpose  or 


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guilty  of  violating  any  law  or  of  attempting  to  violate  any  law 
with  reference  to  such  election,  and  cause  him  to  be  taken  to  the 
police  station  for  prosecution ;  but  if  such  person  is  entitled  to 
vote,  he  shall  have  an  opportunity  to  do  so  before  removal. 

Sec.  224.  Every  person  who  shall  disobey  the  proper  order  of 
the  moderator,  for  any  of  the  aforesaid  purposes,  or  who  shall 
willfully  and  maliciously  disturb  the  good  order  and  quiet  of  any 
such  election  or  vote,  or  injure,  deface  or  interfere  with  any  of  the 
voting  booths  aforesaid,  or  violate  any  other  provision  of  this  or- 
dinance, shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars   for  everv  such  offense. 


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CHAPTER  X. 
ENGINEERS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

225.  Licenses   required.  229.     Revocation  of  licenses. 

226.  Mayor    to    appoint    supervis-      230.     Examination  after  six  months. 

ors.  231.     Appeals   on  revocations. 

227.  How  applications  for  licenses      232.     Penalty  provisions. 

are  to  be  made.  233.     Exemptions. 

228.  License  fee.     Competent  per-      234.     Penalty    for    abandoning    en- 

sons    to    be    licensed.      Re-  gine. 

newals. 

Sec,  225.  No  person  shall  be  the  eng-ineer  of,  or  shall  have 
charge  of  or  operate  any  steam  boiler  or  steam  engine,  in  the 
city  of  New  Haven,  for  a  period  exceeding  one  week,  who  shall 
not  have  a  license  certificate  authorizing  him  to  have  charge  of,  or 
operate,  such  engine  or  boiler,  from  the  board  of  examiners  here- 
inafter constituted. 

Sec.  226.  The  mayor  shall  appoint  a  board  of  examiners,  which 
shall  consist  of  three  members,  one  of  whom  at  least  shall  be  an 
engineer  who  has  had  ten  years'  experience  in  the  operation  of 
steam  boilers,  or  steam  engines,  said  appointment  to  be  made  by 
appointing  one  member  annually  on  the  first  day  of  June  in  each 
year  to  serve  for  a  period  of  three  years,  or  until  their  successors 
are  appointed,  and  shall  grant  the  license  hereinafter  provided  for, 
and  serve  without  pay. 

Sec.  227.  Before  any  person  shall  be  employed  as  an  engineer 
of  any  such  boiler  or  engine,  or  shall  have  charge  of  or  operate 
any  such  boiler  or  engine,  he  shall  make  a  written  application  to 
said  board  of  examiners  for  the  license  hereinbefore  mentioned, 
and  shall  specify  in  such  application  the  particular  engine,  boiler, 
or  plant  which  he  desires  to  operate  or  have  charge  of,  which  ap- 
plication shall  be  accompanied  by  references  as  to  his  character 
and  ability,  and  the  filing  of  such  references  with  said  board  shall 
be  considered  as  a  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, for  thirty  days  thereafter,  or  until  his  said  application  shall 


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have  been  passed  upon  by  said  board,  and  said  applicant,  after  the 
filino-  of  said  references,  shall  have  the  rig-ht  to  operate  and  have 
charge  of  any  such  eng-ine,  boiler,  or  plant,  until  his  application 
shall  have  been  passed  upon  by  said  board. 

Sec.  228.  Every  person  who  shall  satisfy  said  board  of  exam- 
iners that  he  is  a  safe  and  competent  person  to  operate  and  have 
charge  of  the  steam  plant,  boiler  or  engine  specified  in  his  applica- 
tion shall,  on  payment  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar,  receive  a  license  per- 
mitting- him  to  opera,te  the  same.  Said  license  shall  apply  only  to 
the  plant,  boiler,  or  engine  for  which  it  is  issued ;  and  before 
taking-  charge  of  another  plant,  the  licensee  shall  apply  for  another 
license  for  such  other  plant,  for  which  other  license,  if  the  applica- 
tion be  made  within  a  year,  no  charge  shall  be  made ;  after  which 
period  a  fee  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar  shall  be  paid.  For  the  renewals 
above  mentioned,  no  additional  hearing  shall  be  required,  unless 
in  the  judgment  of  said  board  it  shall  be  necessary.  Said  license 
must  be  framed  and  hung  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  the  plant,  or 
upon  or  near  the  engine  for  which  it  is  issued. 

Sec.  229.  Said  board  may  at  any  time  revoke  any  license  is- 
sued, on  account  of  inebriety,  incompetency,  or  negligence  of  the 
holder  of  any  license,  or  for  any  good  cause,  and  no  license  shall 
be  issued  to  any  licensee  whose  license  shall  be  revoked,  during 
the  next  six  months  ensuing,  after  which  time  the  license  revoked 
may  be  renewed,  if,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  the  cause  of  its 
revocation  no  longer  exists. 

Sec.  230.  If  said  board  shall  refuse  to  grant  to  any  applicant 
a  license,  no  license  shall  be  issued  to  him  for  the  next  six  months 
following  his  application,  but  after  said  period  said  applicant  may 
make  another  application,  and  if  found  qualified,  may  be  granted 
a  license. 

Sec.  231.  Whenever  said  board  shall  refuse  to  grant  any  ap- 
plicant, or  shall  revoke  any  license,  they  shall  give  immediate 
notice  of  such  refusal,  or  revocation,  to  the  applicant  or  licensee, 
and  such  applicant  or  licensee  may  appeal  from  the  decision  of 
such  board  to  the  mayor,  in  which  case  said  applicant  or  licensee 
shall  file  his  appeal  with  the  mayor  within  ten  days  after  receiv- 
ing notice  of  the  decision  of  said  board,  and  the  mayor  may  con- 
firm or  reverse  the  decision  of  said  board,  and  issue  such  license. 

Sec.  232.  Any  person  found  guilty  of  any  violation  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  except  section  234  thereof,  shall  be 


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fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars,  nor  less  than 
ten    ($10.00)    dollars. 

Sec.  233.  This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  railway  locomo- 
tives, nor  engineers  employed  thereon,  nor  to  steam  vessels  coming 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  board  of  supervising 
inspectors,  when  employed  upon  the  vessels  to  which  said  license 
applies.  Nor  shall  it  apply  to  automobiles,  private  residences  or 
iDuildings  for  heating  purposes,  unless  in  the  opinion  of  said  board 
such  boiler  is  so  equipped  and  run  as  to  endanger  public  safety 
unless  operated  by  a  licensed  engineer. 

Sec.  234.  Any  engineer  in  charge  of  any  steam  engine  or  boiler 
who  shall  abandon  it  while  in  operation,  without  leaving  a  person 
in  charge  of  the  same,  who  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  employer 
•of  said  engineer,  or  of  the  owner  of  such  engine,  be  competent  to 
take  charge  of  the  same,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  ten  ($10.00) 
•dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XL 


FIRE. 


Sec, 

235.  Meetings    and    duties    of    the 

fire   commissioners. 

236.  Property    of    the    fire    depart- 

ment. 

237.  Powers  of  fire  commissioners 

with  regard  to  fire  alarm 
telegraph. 

238.  Power     to     name     temporary 

chief. 

239.  Powers     and     duties     of     the 

chief  of  the  department. 

240.  Chiefs'  orders   to  be  obeyed; 

penalty  for  interfering  with 
firemen,  etc.,  or  refusing  to 
obey   orders. 

241.  Center  of  street  to  be  cleared 

in  case  of  fire. 

242.  Driving  over  hose  forbidden. 

243.  Badge  or  uniform  of  the  de- 

partment not  to  be  worn  by 
outsiders. 

244.  Property    of    the    department 

not  to  be  abstracted,  injured 
or  defaced. 

FIRE   MARSHAL. 

245.  General  duties  and  powers  of 

the  fire  marshal. 

246.  Orders    of    the    fire    marshal, 

how  given  and  appealed 
from. 

247.  Orders    of    the    fire    marshal, 

how  enforced. 

248.  Penalty  for   hindering  or   ob- 

structing the  fire  marshal. 


Sec. 
249. 


250. 

251. 
252. 

253. 
254. 
255. 
256. 

257. 
258. 

259. 

260. 
261. 
262. 

263. 


Fire  marshal  to  keep  a  record 
book,  make  annual  report  to 
board  of  aldermen,  and  pre- 
sent complaints  to  the  city 
attorney. 

FIRE    ALARM    TELK(;RAI'H. 

Penalty  for  interfering  with 
or  injuring  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph. 

No  person  to  open  an  alarm 
box  without  authority. 

No  person  to  have  fire  alarm 
key  without   permission. 

FIRE    HYDRANTS. 

Fire  commissioners  to  report 
need  of  hydrants. 

Duty  of  superintendent  to 
keep  hydrants  in  repair. 

Ropes,  etc.,  not  to  be  fastened 
to  hydrants;  penalty. 

Hydrants  not  to  be  encum- 
bered; penalty. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

Ashes  not  to  be  kept  in  wood- 
en boxes,  etc. 

Regulations  concerning  the 
keeping  of  hay,  straw,  etc.; 
provisions  for  safety  of 
barns,  stables,  etc.;  wooden 
spittoons    prohibited. 

Penalty  for  careless  use  of 
matches  and  fireworks. 

Gas  generators  to  be  licensed. 

Bonfires    prohibited. 

Piling  lumber  near  dwelling 
houses  prohibited. 

General   penalties. 


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FIRE   DEPARTMENT, 


Sec.  235.  The  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  meet  statedly 
on  the  Tuesday  preceding-  the  first  Thursday  of  every  month. 

Said  board  shall  each  month  audit  all  bills,  created  in  or  for  said 
department,  and  cause  those  approved  by  them  to  be  duly  certified 
and  passed  over  to  the  city  clerk,  for  the  approval  of  the  board  of 
finance. 

Sec.  236.  There  shall  be,  for  the  use  of  said  fire  department, 
such  a  number  of  steamers,  hose-carriages,  hook  and  ladder  car- 
riages and  other  apparatus,  as  the  board  of  aldermen  shall,  from 
time  to  time,  prescribe,  with  necessary  and  proper  teams,  hose, 
ladders,  and  such  reasonable  buildings  for  tlie  accommodation  of 
the  same  as  said  aldermen  and  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall 
deem  proper. 

Sec.  237.  The  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  have  power 
to  procure  and  place  in  position  such  number  of  •  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph boxes  and  the  appurtenances  thereto,  and  also  to  purchase 
such  tools  and  implements,  not  specified  in  the  preceding  section, 
as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  238.  The  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  cause  to  be 
designated,  under  their  rules,  what  officer  shall  have  the  power 
and  discharge  the  duties  of  chief  in  case  of  his  absence  or  dis- 
ability. 

The  chief  shall  keep  a  record  of  fires,  fire  alarms,  the  value  and 
kinds  of  property  destroyed,  and  the  amount  of  insurance  thereon. 

He  shall  report  to  said  board,  once  a  month,  upon  the  condition 
and  efficiency  of  said  department,  and  shall  make  an  annual  report 
of  the  condition  and  affairs  of  said  department  to  said  board. 

Sec.  239.  During  the  continuance  of  any  fire,  the  chief  shall 
have  absolute  control  of  the  streets  adjacent  thereto;  he  may 
blockade  any  such  street,  and  forbid  passage  therein ;  he  may 
order  those  present  to  stand  back  to  any  required  and  reasonable 
distance ;  he  may  command  the  assistance  of  any  police  officer, 
special  constable,  or  person  present  at  the  fire,  in  extinguishing 
the  same  or  preventing  its  spread,  or  in  saving  or  securing 
property. 

He  shall  have  power,  with  necessary  assistance,  to  enter  any 
building  or  premises,  for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing  or  checking 
the   progress  of  fire,   or  securing   or  protecting  property,   and   he 


—240— 

may,  with  the  advice  of  the  mayor,  direct  the  destruction  of  any 
building-,  to  stay  the  further  progress  of  the  fire. 

Sec.  240.  Every  person  present  at  or  near  a  fire  who  shall  con- 
duct himself  in  a  disorderly  manner,  or  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey 
promptly  any  proper  order  of  the  chief ;  or  who  shall  resist,  ob- 
struct, hinder  or  abuse  any  officer  of  the  fire  department,  or  any 
fireman  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty 
of  not  less  than  ten,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
ofifehse,  and  any  of  the  aforesaid  officers  may  forthwith  arrest 
without  warrant,  and  take  to  a  police  station  any  person  so 
offending. 

Sec.  241.  In  case  of  any  alarm  of  fire,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  respective  owners  or  drivers  of  aniinals  and  vehicles,  in  any 
street  in  which  any  steamer,  hose  carriage  or  hook  and  ladder 
carriage  is  approaching,  to  move  such  animal  or  vehicle  to  the 
right  or  left  of  the  center  of  such  street  without  delay,  so  as  to 
give  such  fire  apparatus  free  and  unobstructed  passage  to  the  fire. 

Sec.  242.  No  person  shall  drive  any  animal  or  vehicle  over  any 
hose  laid  by  the  fire  department,  without  permission  therefor  first 
obtained  from  the  chief  or  officer  in  charge. 

Sec.  243.  No  person  shall  have  or  keep  in  his  possession,  ex- 
cept while  a  member  of  the  fire  department  of  said  city,  any  fire- 
man's badge,  issued  by  or  belonging  to  said  city,  or  shall  wear  any 
uniform  adopted  for  the  department  by  said  board. 

Sec.  244.  No  person  shall  willfully  and  maliciously  take  away 
conceal,  cut,  deface  or  injure  any  of  the  property  of  the  city,  be- 
longing to  or  used  by  said  fire  department. 

FIRE   MARSHAL. 

Sec.  245.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  to  examine, 
when  necessary,  all  the  fireplaces,  chimneys,  stoves,  furnaces,  heat- 
ing or  cooking  apparatus,  and  the  pipes  connected  therewith,  of 
all  buildings  and  rooms  in  said  city,  and  all  places  for  depositing 
ashes  in  said  city ;  to  inspect  all  new  buildings  or  additions  before 
the  same  are  completed,  in  which  there  is  any  chimney  or  in  which 
any  of  said  apparatus  is  to  be  used;  to  inspect,  at  least  once  every 
three  months,  all  places  in  which  gunpowder,  fireworks,  burning 
fluid,  or  illuminating  or  inflammable  oil  is  or  are  kept,  used  or  sold, 
under  a  city  license ;  to    inspect   and    test,    from    time  to  time,  all 


—241— 

kerosene  oil.  and  oils  of  similar  use,  for  sale  in  said  city;  and  to 
see  that  the  same  bear  the  test  of  110  degrees  Fahrenheit;  to  ex- 
amine and  order  the  removal  of  any  shavings,  straw,  or  other  com- 
bustible materials,  accumulated  in  or  near  any  building  so  as  to 
endanger  property  from  fire ;  to  inquire  into  the  manner  of  using 
any  building  or  room  in  said  city,  when  he  has  reason  to  think  that 
such  use  endangers  the  city  from  fire ;  to  order  such  scuttles,  fire- 
escapes  and  fire  ladders  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  reason- 
able safety  .of  persons  or  property ;  to  order  such  alterations  and 
changes  in  buildings  and  rooms,  and  in  the  use  of  the  same,  and 
in  piles  of  lumber,  as  to  conform  with  this  ordinance,  and  render 
the  city  reasonably  safe  from  fire ;  to  order  any  person  or  persons 
engaged  in  erecting,  enlarging  or  using  any  .building,  in  said  city, 
contrary  to  this  ordinance,  to  desist ;  to  issue  the  licenses  and 
permits  prescribed  for  him,  and  to  perform  any  other  duty  re- 
quired of  him  by  these  ordinances. 

Sec.  246.  All  orders  in  respect  to  any  of  the  particulars  in  the 
foregoing  section  mentioned  shall  be  given  in  the  manner  fol- 
lowing, viz. :  The  fire  marshal  shall  specify  in  writing  the  thing 
to  be  done  and  the  time  within  which  the  order  must  be  complied 
with,  and  shall  leave,  or  cause  to  be  left,  a  true  copy  of  said  order 
in  the  hands,  or  at  the  place  of  abode,  of  the  person  upon  whom 
such  order  is  made.  And  every  person  upon  whom  such  order 
is  made,  as  aforesaid,  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with 
such  order  within  the  time  specified  therein,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a  penalty  of  five  dollars,  and  an  additional  penalty  of  five  dollars 
for  every  week  during  which  such  neglect  or  refusal  shall 
continue. 

Provided:  that  any  person  feeling  aggrieved  by  such  order  may 
appeal  to  the  board  of  aldermen,  at  their  next  regular  session, 
on  giving  written  notice  to  said  marshal  forthwith,  or  within  the 
time  limited  in  said  order,  and  such  order  may  be  affirmed,  modi- 
fied or  rescinded  by  said  board,  and  any  neg'lect  or  refusal  to  com- 
ply with  the  order  as  approved  by  said  board,  shall  be  punished  as 
above  provided ;  but  said  board  shall  not  allow  the  appellant  to 
continue  any  violation  of  these  ordinances. 

Sec.  247.  If  any  order  of  the  fire  marshal,  as  provided  in  this 
chapter,  shall  not  be  complied  with  in  the  time  prescribed  therein, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal,  with  the  advice  of  the 
aua}OT,  taking  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  to  cause  such 


—242— 

order  to  be  complied  with,  and  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  re- 
covered as  hereinafter  provided,  in  any  proper  fomi  of  action  on 
behalf  of  the  city,  as  in  the  case  of  the  expenses  of  the  abatement 
of  nuisances. 

Sec.  248.  No  person  shall  hinder,  obstruct,  resist  or  abuse  said 
fire  marshal  in  the  discharge  of  any  of  the  duties  imposed  upon 
him  by  these  ordinances. 

Sec.  249.  The  fire  marshal  shall  keep  a  record  book  or  books, 
wherein  he  shall  enter  the  substance  of  all  orders  issued  by  him, 
all  complaints  made  to  him  in  reference  to  the  matters  within  his 
cog'nizance,  and  all  inspections  and  examinations  made  by  him. 

He  shall  annually  make  report  to  the  board  of  aldermen  of  the 
services  performed  by  him  as  fire  marshal. 

He  shall  enter  complaint  to  the  city  attorney  for  any  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

FIRE    ALARM    TELEGRAPH. 

Sec.  250.  No  person  shall  cut  any  fire  alarm  teleg^raph  wire,  or 
shall  destroy,  deface,  or  in  any  manner  injure  the  fire  alarm  tele- 
graph or  any  part  thereof,  in  said  city,  or  any  of  the  appurtenances 
of  the  same,  or  shall  interfere  with,  or  do  anything-  to  the  same, 
so  as  to  prevent  or  delay  the  proper  or  timely  use  thereof,  or  shall 
without  probable  cause  send  in  an  alarm  of  fire. 

Sec.  251.  No  person  shall  open  any  alarm-box  connected  with 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph,  except  by  the  authority  of,  and  with  the 
key  furnished  by,  the  superintendent  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph. 

Sec.  252.  No  person  shall  have,  or  keep  in  his  possession,  with- 
out permission  from  the  superintendent  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph, 
any  fire  alarm  telegraph  key. 

FIRE    HYDRANTS. 

Sec.  253.  The  board  of  fire  commissioners  shall  report  to  the 
board  of  aldermen,  from  time  to  time,  whenever,  in  the  opinion 
of  the  said  board,  any  new  public  fire  hydrant  or  reservoir  is 
needed  by  the  city  for  protection  from  fire. 

Sec.  254.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment to  see  that  all  public  fire  hydrants,  wells  and  reservoirs  are 
kept  at  all  times,  in  good  condition  and  repair,  and  to  report  to 


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the  board  of  aldermen  any  deficiency  in  the  supply  of  water  to 
any  public  hydrant. 

Sec.  255.  No  person  shall  fasten  any  guy  rope,  brace,  support, 
or  fastening-  of  any  kind,  or  hitch  or  fasten  any  animal,  to  any 
public  hydrant. 

Sec.  256.  No  person  shall  willfully  break,  injure,  cover  up  or 
encumber  any  hydrant  or  shall  place  upon  or  about. it  any  snow, 
ice,  sleet,  rubbish,  building  material  or  other  substance. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  257.  No  ashes  shall  be  kept  in  any  wooden  box,  cask  or 
barrel  or  emptied  upon  any  wooden  floor  within  any  building  in 
said  city.  No  chimney  shall  be  cleaned  by  burning  except  during 
the  day  time  and  when  rain  or  snow  is  falling. 

Sec.  258.  No  person  shall  deposit  or  keep  any  hay,  stalks, 
straw,  husks  or  flags  in  any  building  in  said  city  wherein  any  per- 
son dwells,  or  in  which  a  fire  is  kindled,  until  the  arrangement  in 
such  building  for  heating  purposes  shall  have  been  examiried  and 
approved  by  the  fire  marshal. 

No  person  shall  carry  into,  or  use  in,  any  barn,  stable  or  other 
building  in  which  hay,  stalks,  straw,  husks  or  flags  are  deposited, 
any  lighted  candle,  lamp  or  fire,  unless  the  same  be  well  secured  in 
a  lantern,  nor  carry  into  such  building  a  lighted  pipe  or  cigar.  No 
person  shall  keep  for  use  any  wooden  spittoon,  unless  lined  with 
fireproof  material. 

Sec.  259.  No  person  shall  throw  or  drop  any  matches,  unused 
or  with  any  fire  on  them,  or  any  fireworks,  into  or  in  any  barn, 
stable,  shop,  store  or  factory,  or  upon  any  combustible  materials. 

Sec.  260.  No  machine  or  contrivance  shall  be  used  in  any 
building  in  said  city  for  generating  gas  from  oil  or  other  fluid,  for 
lighting  purposes,  without  a  license  therefor,  under  the  hand  of 
the  fire  marshal,  by  direction  of  the  board  of  fire  commisioners. 

Sec.  261.  No  bonfire  shall  be  kindled  in  any  street  or  public 
park  within  said  city,  nor  in  any  part  of  said  city  within  one  hun- 
dred feet  of  any  building,  except  in  gardens  or  vacant  lots,  nor  in 
any  garden  or  vacant  lot  within  twenty-five  feet  of  any  building, 
nor  in  any  garden  or  vacant  lot  except  between  sunrise  and  two 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon;  except  by  permit  granted  by  the  chiefs 
of  the  police  and  fire  departments. 


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Xo  person  shall  kindle,  or  assist  in  kindlinj]^,  a  bonfire,  contrary 
to  the  foregoing^  provisions,  or  aid  in  supplying  any  fuel  or  com- 
bustibles to  such  bonfire. 

Sec.  262.  No  person  shall  jiile,  or  cause  to  be  piled,  any  boards, 
timber,  shingles,  lath  or  other  lumber,  in  the  vicinity  of  any  dwell- 
ing house  in  said  city,  at  any  less  distance  from  dwelling  house,  at 
the  nearest  point,  than  double  the  height  of  such  pile. 

Sec.  263.  Every  person  or  corporation  who  shall  be  guilty  of 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  except  when  the 
penalty  is  hereinbefore  expressly  provided,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a-  penalty  of  not  less  than  one,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, according  to  the  nature  and  aggravation  of  the  offense. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 
FOOD. 


Sec.  Sec. 

264.  No  unwholesome   or  adulter-      271. 

ated   milk   to  be   sold. 

265.  The  term  adulterated  milk  de- 

fined. 272. 

266.  Can    or    package     containing 

"skimmed    milk"    must    be 
marked.  273. 

267.  Dealers    in   milk    must  be    li- 

censed; provisions  concern-      274. 
ing;  revocation. 

268.  Vehicles  to  have  number  of  li- 

cense on  outside  thereof.  275. 

269.  Employes  of  Board  of  Health 

may  enter  upon  premises  of 
producer  or  vender.  276. 

270.  Unlicensed   dealer   subject   to 

penalties. 


Officials  of  Board  of  Health 
may  take  samples  for  anal- 
ysis. 

No  unwholesome  meats,  fish 
and  fruits,  etc.,  to  be  sold  in 
city. 

Place  where  food  is  sold  must 
be  kept  in  clean  condition. 

No  impure  liquid  to  be 
brought  into  the  city  or  of- 
fered for  sale. 

Unwholesome  food  may  be 
destroyed  by  proper  offi- 
cials and  sale  prohibited. 

Penalty  for  violation  of  ordi- 
nance. 


ADULTERATED    MILK. 

Sec.  264.  No  milk  producer,  or  vender,  shall,  either  himself,  or 
throug-h  his  ag^ents,  or  employes,  offer,  or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell  or 
deliver  for  sale,  or  consumption  within  the  city,  any  unclean,  im- 
pure, unhealthy,  unwholesome,  or  adulterated  milk. 

Sec.  265.  The  term  adulterated  milk,  when  used  in  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  mean:  1.  Milk  showing  at  least  two  of  the  three  fol- 
lowing characteristics,  to  wit: 

(a.)     A  specific  gravity  of  less  than  1.029,  or  more  than  1.033; 

(b.)     Less  than  three  and  a  half  per  centum  of  fat; 

(c.)     Less  than  eleven  and  one-half  per  centum  of  milk  solids; 

2.  Milk  drawn  from  cows  within  fifteen  days  before,  or  five 
days  after  parturition,  or 

3.  Milk  drawn  from  animals  fed  on  any  substance  in  a  state  of 
putrefaction,  or  any  unhealthy  food,  or  supplied  with  water  which 
is  impure  or  unwholesome,  or 


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4.  Milk  drawn  from  cows  kept  in  a  crowded,  filthy,  or  unclean 
condition,  or 

5.  Milk  that  has  been  diluted  with  water,  or  any  other  fluid, 
or  to  which  has  been  added,  or  into  which  has  been  introduced  any 
substance  producing^  any  deleterious  eflfect  on  said  milk,  or 

6.  Milk  from  which  any  part  of  the  cream  has  been  removed, 
unless  such  milk  is  sold  as  "skimmed  milk."  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, or 

7.  Milk  drawn  from  any  animal  affected  with  tuberculosis  or 
any  other  form  of  disease.  All  adulterated  milk  shall  be  deemed 
unclean,  unhealthy,  impure  and  unwholesome. 

Sec.  266.  No  person  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  have  in  his  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  offer  or 
expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  or  deliver  for  sale,  or  consumption,  in  any 
store,  or  place  of  business,  or  from  any  wagon,  cart,  sleigh  or  other 
vehicle  used  in  distributing  or  selling  milk,  any  milk  from  which 
cream  has  been  removed,  or  milk  commonly  known  as  "skim 
milk,"  without  first  marking  the  can  or  package  containing  said 
milk,  and  from  which  said  milk  is  delivered  to  the  purchaser  or 
consumer,  with  the  words  "skimmed  milk"  in  large,  plain,  black 
letters,  each  letter  being  at  least  one  inch  high  and  one-half  inch 
wide,  said  words  to  be  on  the  top  or  side  of  said  can  or  package  in 
such  a  position  as  to  be  easily  seen  when  such  milk  is  sold  or 
delivered. 

Sec.  267.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his 
possession,  with  intent  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  de- 
liver for  sale,  or  consumption  within  this  city,  any  milk  without 
having  first  obtained  from  the  board  of  health  a  license  so  to  do, 
which  license  shall  be  issued  on  application  in  writing  to  said  board 
of  health,  upon  blanks  provided  for  such  purpose,  and  on  payment 
to  said  board  of  health  of  a  license  fee  of  fifty  cents.  Said  license 
shall  not  be  assignable,  shall  be  effective  until  the  first  of  May  next 
ensuing,  and  ma\^  be  renewed  for  one  year  upon  its  expiration,  on 
application  and  payment  of  said  fee  as  aforesaid,  but  the  said  board 
of  health  shall  have  the  right  and  authority  to  refuse  to  license 
any  person  who  has  violated  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
and  may  revoke  and  cancel  such  license,  at  any  time,  for  a  violation 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  268.  Each  licensee  shall,  before  engaging  in  the  sale  of 
milk,  cause  the  name  and  number  of  his  license  to  be  legibly  placed 


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and  kept  in  a  conspicuous  place  on  each  side  of  the  outer  side  of 
all  carriages,  wagons,  carts,  sleighs  or  other  vehicles  used  by  him 
in  the  conveyance  and  sale  of  milk. 

Sec.  269.  In  order  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
the  officials,  inspectors  and  employes  of  the  board  of  health  shall 
have  the  right  at  any  and  at  all  times  to  enter  upon  or  into  the  prem- 
ises of  any  producer  or  vender  of  milk  licensed  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance,  and  any  refusal  upon  the  part  of  said  pro- 
ducer or  vender  to  allow  such  entry  and  inspection  as  may  be  re- 
quired and  directed  by  the  boa.rd  of  health  may  be  followed  by  the 
revocation  of  the  license  of  such  producer  or  vender  by  said  board 
of  health. 

Sec.  270.  Any  milk  producer  or  vender  to  whom  a  license  for 
the  sale  of  milk  has  been  refused,  or  whose  license  has  been  can- 
celed or  revoked,  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  who  shall  here- 
after offer,  or  expose  for  sale,  sell  or  deliver  for  sale  or  consump- 
tion within  said  city  any  milk,  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties  pro- 
vided by  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  271.  The  officials,  inspectors  or  employees  of  the  board  of 
health  shall  have  the  right  to  enter  upon  and  inspect  all  places  and 
premises  from  which  milk  is  sold  and  in  which  milk  is  stored,  and 
to  board  all  carriages,  wagons,  carts,  sleighs  or  other  vehicles  from 
which  milk  is  sold  or  delivered,  and  to  take  therefrom  samples  for 
■analysis,  and  any  person  who  hinders  or  obstructs  such  officials,  in- 
spectors or  employees  while  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  shall 
be  subject  to  the  penalties  provided  in  this  ordinance. 

UNWHOLESOME    MEATS,   FISH,   FRUIT,    ETC. 

Sec.  272.  No  meat,  fish,  birds  or  fowl,  fruit  or  vegetables,  not 
iDeing  then  healthy,  fresh,  sound,  wholesome  and  safe  for  human 
food,  nor  any  meat  or  fish  that  died  by  disease,  or  accident,  and 
no  veal  less  than  four  weeks  old,  shall  be  brought  within  said  city, 
•or  offered,  or  held  for  sale,  in  any  public  or  private  market  as  such 
food  anywhere  in  said  city. 

Sec.  273.  Every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of 
:any  rooms,  stall  or  place  where  any  meat,  fish,  birds  or  fowl,  fruit 
■or  vegetables,  designed  or  held  for  human  food  shall  be  stored  or 
kept,  or  shall  be  held,  or  offered  for  sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such 
Toom,  stall  and  place,  and  its  appurtenances  in  a  clean  and  whole- 
some condition ;  and  every  person  having  charge  or  interested  or 


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engaged,  whether  as  principal  or  agent,  in  the  care  or  the  custody 
of  any  meat,  fish,  fruits,  birds,  fowl  or  vegetables  designed  for 
human  food,  shall  put  and  keep  the  same  in  a  cleanly  and  whole- 
some condition,  and  shall  not  allow  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof, 
to  be  poisoned,  infected  or  rendered  unsafe,  or  unwholesome  for 
human  food. 

Sec.  274.  No  person  shall  bring  into  said  city  for  use  as  a 
drink  for  human  beings,  or  ofTer,  or  have  for  sale  in  said  city,  as 
such  drink,  any  milk,  or  any  other  liquid  whatever,  so  impure, 
adulterated,  diseased  or  contaminated  as  to  be  deleterious  and  in- 
jurious to  the  public  health,  or  any  milk  from  diseased  cattle. 

Sec,  275.  Upon  any  meat,  birds,  fowl,  fish,  fruit,  vegetables,  or 
any  articles  of  food  or  drink  being  found  by  any  health  inspector, 
policeman,  or  any  member  of  the  health  department  in  a  condi- 
tion which  renders  them  in  his  opinion  unwholesome  and  unfit  for 
use  as  human  food,  then  such  health  inspector,  policeman,  or 
member  of  the  health  department  may  forbid  the  same  being  of- 
fered or  exposed  for  sale,  or  being  sold  for  human  food,  until  the 
owner  or  party  in  charge,  or  other  proper  person  has  obtained  the 
consent  of  the  health  officer  to  their  being  so  offered,  used  or  sold. 
And  thereupon,  if  the  health  officer  shall  have  approved  the  judg- 
ment of  said  health  inspector,  policeman  or  member  of  the  health 
department,  said  health  of^cer  may  order  said  articles  destroyed, 
or  may  permit  the  owner  or  any  party  in  charge  to  speedily  re- 
move such  articles  from  any  market,  street  or  public  place,  but 
not  to  sell,  or  dispose  or  offer  to  sell,  or  dispose  thereof,  for  the 
purpose  of  human  food. 

And  in  case  of  disobedience  to  such  orders,  and  also  in  all  cases 
when  in  the  opinion  of  the  health  officer  such  articles,  by  reason 
of  their  being  in  a  decayed  or  offensive  condition,  would,  if  allowed 
to  remain,  be  dangerous  to  health,  the  same  (as  the  board  of 
health  commissioners  may  provide)  may  be  destroyed,  or  removed 
by  any  health  inspector,  police  officer,  or  officer  of  the  health  de- 
partment to  some  suitable  place  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  and 
the  expense  thereof  shall  be  recoverable  against  the  party  who 
should  have  removed  the  same  in  the  same  manner  as  are  expenses 
incurred  by  the  health  department  under  section  348  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  this  city. 

Sec.  276.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $100.00. 


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CHAPTER  XIIT. 
GOOD  ORDER  AND  DECBKCY. 

Sec.  Sec. 

277.  Bathing  naked  prohibited,  ex-      281.     Penalty  for  training  for  prize- 

ccpt  in  places  designated  by  fight. 

board  of  aldermen;  penalty.       282.     Penalty  for  suffering  animals- 

278.  Penalty    for    defacing    build-  to  fight  for  wager. 

ings,  etc.  283.     Penalty     for     carrying     iron 

279.  Concert   saloons;   penalty  for  knuckles,  etc.,  or  concealed' 

keeping,  etc.  weapons,    without    permis- 

280.  Sparring  exhibitions;  penalty  sion. 

for. 

Sec.  277.  No  person  shall  swim  or  bathe  naked  in  any  of  the 
waters  in  or  around  said  city,  except  in  such  places  as  may  be  des- 
ignated by  the  board  of  aldermen  for  that  purpose. 

Any  person  offending  against  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall' 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  278.  Every  person  who  shall  willfully  and  maliciously  be- 
daub or  besmear  any  building,  fence,  sidewalk,  post,  treebox  or 
guard,  tree  or  shrub,  premises,  vehicles,  statuary  or  fountain,  or 
any  useful  or  ornamental  thing  or  structure,  with  any  paint  or 
filthy,  substance,  or  any  injurious  or  disfiguring  matter,  or  shall  in 
any  manner  injure  or  disfigure,  hack  or  cut  any  such  building, 
fence,  sidewalk,  post,  tree  box  or  guard',  tree  or  shrub,  premises, 
vehicle,  statuary  or  fountain,  or  any  useful  or  ornamental  thing  or 
structure,  or  shall  make  or  draw  any  obscene  or  filthy  figures 
thereon,  or  write  any  obscene  or  disfiguring-  words  thereon,  or 
anything  which  shall  injure  or  disfigure  the  same,  shall  be  deemed' 
guilty  of  committing  a  nuisance,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
every  such  offense. 

Sec.  279.  Ever}'  concert  saloon,  and  every  place,  enclosure,  or 
structure  in  said  city,  in  which  spirituous  liquors,  ale,  wine  or 
lager  beer  is  commonly  sold,  or  given  away,  or  reputed  to  be  sold, 
or  given  away,  and  in  which  any  exhibition  of  dancing,  acting,, 
singing   or   music    is    also    permitted;    and;  all  separate,    but   con- 


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tiguous,  or  nearly  contiguous  structures,  used  or  intended  to  be 
used,  in  connection  with  each  other,  for  the  selling  or  giving  away 
in  one,  spirituous  liquors,  ale,  wine  or  lager  beer,  and  also  for  any 
such  exhibition  in  the  other,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nuisance ; 
and  every  person  keeping  any  such  saloon,  place,  enclosure,  struc- 
ture, or  structures,  and  every  person  taking  part  in  any  such  ex- 
hibition therein,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  counseling  and  main- 
taining a  common  nuisance,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than 
ten,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  280.  Every  sparring  exhibition,  except  with  regulation 
boxing  gloves  approved  by  the  chief  of  police,  shall  be  deemed  a 
nuisance,  and  every  person  taking  part  in  such  exhibition,  except 
as  aforesaid,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twen- 
ty-five, nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  281.  Every  person  who  shall  train  himself  or  another  per- 
son in  said  city,  for  a  prize  fight,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty 
of  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  282.  Every  person  who  shall  suffer  any  animal  belonging 
to  him,  or  in  his  custody,  to  engage  in  any  fight,  concerning  which 
there  is,  or  shall  be,  any  prize,  stake  or  wager,  or  who  shall  keep 
any  animal  in  said  city  for  any  such  purpose,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every 
such  offense. 

Sec.  283.  Every  person  who  shall  carry  in  said  city,  any  steel 
or  brass  knuckles,  pistol,  or  any  slung  shot,  stilletto  or  weapon  of 
similar  character,  or  shall  carry  any  weapon  concealed  on  his  per- 
son without  the  permission  of  the  mayor  or  chief  of  police  in  writ- 
ing, shall,  on  conviction,  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XIV. 

HEALTH.    . 
CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 


Sec.  Sec. 

284.  No  private  hospital  for  treat-      290. 

ment  of  contagious  disease 
to  be  erected  in  city;  penal- 
ty. 291. 

285.  What  diseases  declared  to  be 

contagious. 

286.  Physicians  to  report  to  board      292. 

of  health,  nature  of  disease, 
name  of  patient,  etc. 

287.  Physicians      to      report      the      293. 

name,    etc.,    of    the    person      294. 
dying  from  contagious  dis- 
ease. 

288.  Hotels     and     lodging     house      295. 

keepers,  etc.,  to  report  to 
board  of  health  when  no 
physician  is  in  attendance.        296. 

289.  Persons  sick  with  contagious 

disease  not  to  be  removed      297. 
without  permit. 


Child  sick  with  contagious 
disease  not  to  be  allowed  to 
aftend  school. 

Person  sick,  etc.,  not  to  come 
into  New  Haven  without 
permit. 

Isolation  of  person  or  cloth- 
ing; board  of  health  not  to 
be  interfered  with. 

Public  funerals  prohibited. 

Clothing  or  other  articles  not 
to  be  taken  into  public  con- 
veyance unless  disinfected. 

Conveyance  used  in  carrying 
sick  persons  must  be  disin- 
fected. 

Dwelling  houses  to  be  pla- 
carded. 

Penalty. 


Sec.  284.  No  private  hospital  for  the  care  or  treatment  of  con- 
tagious or  infectious  diseases  shall  be  erected  or  maintained  in  the 
city  of  New  Haven,  and  any  person  or  persons,  or  corporation, 
who  shall  violate  this  ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars for  each  and  every  week  during  which  such  hospitals  shall  be 
so  erected  or  maintained. 

Sec.  285.  That  small-pox,  scarlet  fever,  diphtheria,  membrane- 
ous croup,  typhoid  fever,  typhus  fever,  Asiatic  cholora,  yellow 
fever  and  measles,  be  and  they  are  hereby  declared  to  be  dangerous 
to  the  public  health  and  they  are  hereby  declared  to  be  contagious 
diseases  within  the  meaning  of  these  ordinances. 

Sec.  286.  Every  physician  practicing  within  the  city  of  New 
Haven  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  board  of  health  of  said  city, 


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within  twelve  hours  after  he  has  discovered  the  nature  of  the  dis- 
-ease,  or  immediately,  if  practicable,  specifying  the  name,  age  and 
address  of  each  patient  having  either  of  said  contagious  diseases, 
for  whom  said  physician  has  prescribed  or  attended,  or  had  been 
called  upon  to  attend ;  also  the  nature  and  duration  of  such  dis- 
•  ease,  the  number  of  children,  also  the  families  in  said  house,  the 
school  attended,  if  known,  the  factory,  shop  or  place  at  which  said 
patient  works  or  is  employed. 

Sec.  287.  Every  attending  physician  shall  also  report  in  writ- 
ing to  said  board  the  name,  age  and  address  of  every  person  who 
•shall  have  died  of  any  contagious  disease  within  twelve  hours  after 
he  shall  have  been  informed  of  said  death,  and  the  specific  name 
.and  type  of  such  disease. 

Sec.  288.  Every  lodging  house  keeper,  hotel  keeper,  house- 
holder or  person  having  charge  of  any  public  or  private  institution, 
or  any  master  of  any  vessel  within  the  city  of  New  Haven  in 
whose  house,  hotel,  institution  or  vessel  any  person  is  sick  with  any 
■  of  the  aforesaid  described  diseases,  unattended  by  a  physician,  shall 
report  the  same  to  said  board  within  twelve  hours  after  it  shall  come 
to  his  or  her  knowledge. 

Sec.  289.  No  person  shall,  without  a  permit  from  said  board 
of  health,  carry  or  remove  from  one  building  to  another,  .or  from 
.any  vessel,  ship,  boat  or  enclosure,  any  person  sick  with  any  of  the 
.diseases  specified  and  described  in  this  chapter,  or  any  clothing  or 
other  articles  which  have  been  or  which  may  have  been  exposed 
to  infection;  nor  shall  any  person  expose  one  sick  with  any  of  the 
diseases  specified  and  described,  nor  the  body  of  such  person  or 
any  article  in  his  possession,  or  cause  or  contribute  to  or  promote 
the  spread  of  disease  from  such  sick  person  or  the  body  thereof. 

Sec.  290.  No  superintendent,  pricipal,  or  teacher  of  any  school, 
no  parent,  or  guardian  of  any  child  attending  school,  shall  know- 
ingly permit  a  child  sick  with  small-pox,  scarlet  fever,  diphtheria, 
membraneous  croup  or  typhus  fever,  or  any  child  residing  in  a  house 
in  which  such  disease  exists,  to  attend  any  school,  in  said  city,  with- 
out the  permission  of  the  board  of  health  of  said  city. 

Sec.  291.  No  person  sick  with  any  of  the  diseases  specified  in 
this  chapter,  shall  come  into,  nor  shall  any  person  bring  or  cause 
to  be  brought  into  the  city  of  New  Haven  any  person  known  to  be 
or  reasonably  suspected  to  be  sick  with  any  of  said  diseases,  or  of 
ihaving  any  article  of  clothing  .which  has  been  exposed  to  infection. 


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from  any  disease  described  in  this  chapter,  without  a  permit  from 
said  board  of  health. 

Sec.  292.  No  person  shall  hinder  or  prevent  the  board  of  health 
of  said  city  from  securing-  the  isolation  of  any  person,  sick  with 
the  diseases  described  in  this  chapter,  or  the  disinfection  of  any 
premises,  or  articles,  or  clothing-,  which  have  been  exposed  to  in- 
fection, or  the  using  of  proper  methods  and  means  which  may  be 
proper  to  control  the  spread  of  such  disease  or  diseases. 

Sec.  293.  There  shall  be  no  public  funeral  of  any  person  dead 
from  small-pox,  scarlet  fever,  diphtheria,  membraneous  croup  or 
typhus  fever,  without  the  permit  of  said  board  of  health. 

Sec.  294.  No  one  shall  enter  a  passenger  car,  street  car,  steam- 
boat, hack,  cab,  stage,  or  other  public  conveyance,  wearing,  or  hav- 
ing in  his  or  her  possession,  any  clothing  or  other  articles  with 
which  said  person  shall  have  had  in  attendance  upon  any  person 
sick  with  small-pox.  scarlet  fever  or  typhus  fever,  without  having 
had  the  same  disinfected  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  board  of  health. 

Sec.  295.  Any  hack,  cab,  stage,  horse  car,  steam  car,  steam- 
boat, vessel,  or  other  public  or  private  conveyance,  in  which  any 
person  is  reasonably  believed  to  have  been  carried,  or  known  to 
have  been  carried  or  transported,  while  suttering  with  small-pox, 
scarlet  fever,  typhus  fever  or  yellow  fever,  shall  not  thereafter  be 
used  for  the  carrying  of  any  passenger  until  such  vehicle,  car, 
steamboat  or  vessel,  shall  have  been  disinfected  to  the  satisfaction  of 
said  board  of  health. 

Sec.  296.  Whenever  information  is  received  at  the  office  of  the 
board  of  health,  that  a  case  of  either  small-pox,  scarlet  fever,  diph- 
theria, membraneous  croup,  x\siatic  cholera  or  typhus  fever  exists  in 
any  dwelling  house  or  tenement  in  New  Haven,  said  board  shall 
cause  a  public  notice  or  placard  of  contagion  to  be  officially  placed 
upon  'such  dwelling  house  or  tenement,  and  no  person  shall  remove 
said  notice  or  placard  except  by  order  of  the  board  through  its 
duly  constituted  officer. 

Sec.  297.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  $100. 


Sec. 

Sec. 

298. 

Board    of    aldcnncn    niaj'    or- 
der lamps  to  be  set  up. 

300. 

299. 

Obstruction  not  to  be  placed 

801. 

within  ten  feet  of  lamp. 

302. 

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CHAPTER  XV. 
LAMPS. 

Injuring    or    interfering    with 

lamp  or  light. 
Duty  of  person  injuring  lamp. 
Penalties. 

Sec.  298.  The  board  of  aldermen  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause 
to  be  set  up  such  lamps  in  the  streets  and  public  places  in  said  city, 
for  the  purpose  of  lighting  the  same,  as  they  may  determine  to  be 
convenient  and  necessary. 

Sec.  299.  No  person  shall  place  any  pole,  post  or  structure  of 
any  kind  within  ten  feet  of  a  public  light  or  lamp  within  the  limits 
of  the  city  of  New  Haven  which  can  in  any  way  obstruct  the  light 
coming  from  said  lamp  or  light,  or  caused  to  be  attached  to  such 
lamp,  or  light,  any  rope,  cable,  advertisement  or  written  or  printed 
matter. 

Sec.  300.  No  person  shall  willfully,  maliciously  or  carelessly 
throw  down,  break,  deface,  or  otherwise  injure  or  remove  any 
lamp  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  said  city,  or  the  posts,  irons, 
glass  street  signs,  whether  the  same  be  in  the  lamp  or  attached  to 
the  post  or  pole  or  other  furniture  belonging  to  or  connected  with 
the  same,  or  shall  in  like  manner  and  without  proper  authority 
light  any  such  lamp,  or  shall  in  like  manner  and  without  proper 
authority  extinguish  any  such  lamp.  This  section  shall  apply  to 
all  lamps,  whether  the  same  are  commonly  used  or  not.  Lamps 
and  lamp  posts  may  be  removed  only  after  a  permit,  signed  by  the 
lamp  inspector,  has  been  obtained. 

Sec.  301.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  injuring  any 
public  lamp  post,  or  lamp,  to  report  within  twenty-four  hours  there- 
after the  location  and  character  of  such  injury  to  the  lamp  inspector, 
who  is  hereby  authorized  to  accept  such  payment  as  will  reimburse 
the  city  for  the  damage  sustained. 

Sec.  302.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  and  failing  as  heretofore  provided  to  notify  the  lamp  in- 
spector and  pay  the  damage  sufifered  by  the  city  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $100.00  for  every  such  offense. 


Sec. 

Sec. 

303. 

Controller   to  provide  blanks, 
etc.,  to  be  furnished  to  ap- 

308. 

plicants,  etc. 

309. 

304. 

Applications;  how  made. 

305. 

Applications;     to     whom    ad- 

dressed. 

310. 

306-307.     Licenses       and      permits; 

how    issued;    duty    of    per- 

son   issuing    same;    to    be 

311. 

numbered    and    to    contain 

312. 

conditions. 

313. 

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CHAPTER  XVI. 
LICENSES  AND  PERMITS. 

Record  book  to  be  kept  by  of- 
ficers issuing,  etc. 

Not  to  be  construed  to  au- 
thorize breach  of  law,  tres- 
pass, etc. 

No  to  be  in  force  more  than 
one  year,  termination, 
transfers. 

Revocation. 

Appeals. 

Fees. 

Sec.  303.  The  controller  shall  provide  suitable  records,  forms 
and  blanks  for  every  license  and  permit  required  by  the  city  ordi- 
nances, and  for  applications  therefor. 

Sec.  304.  Such  application  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  to 
whom  the  license  or  pennit  is  to  be  issued,  or  his  authorized  agent, 
and  shall  specify  the  time  or  times,  and  place  or  places,  for  which 
such  license  or  permit  is  desired,  the  particular  nature  of  the  act 
or  acts  to  be  done,  and  such  other  particulars  as  may  be  required 
to  show  that  such  license  or  permit  may  be  granted  and  will  be 
used  in  accordance  with  law ;  and  such  application  shall  be  num- 
bered and  kept  on  file  by  the  officer  to  whom  directed. 

Sec.  305.  Applications  for  licenses  and  permits  may  be  addressed 
as  follows,  viz : 

TO   THE    MAYOR. 

All  applications  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

TO   THE   BOARD   OF   ALDERMEN. 

For  Gunpowder. — Trade,  section  609. 
For  Tanners,  etc. — Nuisances,  section  341. 
For  Slaughter  houses. — Nuisances,  section  339. 

TO  THE   CHIEF   OF   POLICE. 

For  Billiard  Tables  and  Bowling  Alleys. — Amusements,  section  15. 
For  Public  Exhibitions,  etc. — Amusements,  section  16. 
For   Public  Conveyances   and   Drivers. — Public   Conveyances,   sec- 
tions 415.  419. 


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Fireworks  iti  Streets  and  Squares. — Public  Jl'orks,  section  496. 
For  Trade  Booths,  etc. — Public  Jl'orks,  section  493. 
For  Bootblacking. — Trade,  section  603. 

TO   TUK    DIRECTOR   OF    PUBLIC    WORKS. 

For  Removing  Trees. — Public  Works,  section  536. 

For  Excavating  in  Streets. — Public  JVorks,  sections  469-471. 

For  Connecting  with   Sewers  and   Mains. — Public   JJ'orks.  sections 

469-471. 
For  Otherwise   Obstructing   Streets. — Buildiugs,   sections   54,    195, 

197. 
For  Watering  Carts. — Public  Works,  section  531. 

TO    THE    FIRE    MARSHAL. 

For  Transporting  Gunpowder. — Trade,  section  611. 

For  Keeping  Kerosene,  etc.,  for  sale. — Trade,  section  626. 

For  Gas  Generator. — Fire,  section  260. 

For  Inflammable  Oils. — Trade,  section  619. 

TO   THE   BUILDING    INSPECTOR. 

For  Restoring  Building  Partly  Destroyed  by  Fire. — Buildiugs,  sec- 
tion 180. 

For  Erecting,  Enlarging  or  Moving  Building. — Buildiugs,  sections 
50,  202. 

For  Building  Materials  in  Streets. — Buildiugs.  section  54. 

For  Theater. — Buildiugs.  section  129. 

TO  THE  INSPECTOR  OF  BOILERS. 

For  Erecting  Steam  Boiler  or  Engine. — Steam  Boilers,  section  583. 

TO  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

For  Carting  Whitefish  Through  Streets. — Nuisances,  section  320. 

For  Night  Soil  Men. — Nuisances,  section  331. 

For  Slaughters,  etc. — Nuisances,  section  339. 

For  Tanners,  etc. — Nuisances,  section  341. 

For  Trying  Grease,  etc. — Ninsances,  section  342. 

For  Plumbers. — Plumbers,  section  375. 

Sec  306.  If  such  officer  is  authorized  to  issue  such  licesne  or 
permit  in  his  own  discretion,  he  shall  issue  the  same  as  aforesaid, 
if  he  deems  proper;  but  if  such  matter  is  to  be  first  decided  by 
any   board,   he   shall   lay   the   application   before   such    board,    with 


— !:>/  — 

such  information  im  the  suhjcct  as  lie  may  possess;  or  if  he  is  in 
doubt  in  the  matter,  he  may  lay  such  application  before  the  board 
having  cojjnizance  of  appeal,  and  shall  follow  the  direction  of  the 
board  in  the  premises. 

Sec.  307.  Every  license  or  permit  provided  for  by  the  city 
ordinances  shall  be  signed  by  the  proper  ofificer  or  officers  author- 
ized to  issue  the  same,  and  countersigned  by  the  collector,  and  the 
fee.  if  any  is  designated  therefor,  paid  to  said  collector  for  the 
use  of  the  city  treasur}-,  before  such  license  or  permit  shall  be 
in  force.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  person  issuing  such  license  or 
permit  to  ascertain  whether  said  fee  is  paid. 

Such  licenses  and  pemiits  shall  be  numbered  and  shall  contain 
a  condition  that  every  person  acting  under  the  same  shall  con- 
form to  the  representations  of  the  applications  therefor,  and  to 
the  ordinances  of  the  city,  applicable  to  the  subject  matter  thereof, 
and  such  other  terms  and  conditions  as  the  particular  circumstances 
of  each  case  shall,  in  the  judgment  of  the  authority  issuing  the 
license  or  permit,  require. 

Sec.  308.  Every  officer  authorized  to  issue  licenses  or  permits 
as  aforesaid  shall,  in  a  record  book  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose, 
enter  a  memorandum  of  every  license  or  permit  issued  by  him. 
wnth  the  number,  the  date,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  issued, 
the  purpose  for  which  it  is  issued,  the  time  when  it  will  expire,  and 
any  special  condition  included  therein,  and  the  amount  of  fee 
charged  therefor. 

Sec.  309.  No  such  license  or  permit  shall  authorize  or  excuse 
any  breach  of  law,  or  any  trespass  upon  the  rights  of  others,  or 
shall  render  the  city  liable  for  any  damage  that  may  be  committed 
or  caused  under  color  thereof. 

Sec.  310.  All  licenses  except  those  issued  for  a  definite  period 
of  less  than  one  year  shall  be  given  to  continue  in  force  until  the 
first  da}-  of  ^lay  next  succeeding  the  date  when  all  such  licenses 
shall  terminate.  Provided,  that  all  licenses  now  in  existence  which 
were  given  for  one  year  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day 
of  ]May  next  succeeding  the  time  when  said  licenses  would  regu- 
larly expire. 

Licenses  and  permits  for  trades  may  be  renewed  to  the  same 
person  for  the  same  place  or  places,  but  shall  not  be  transferred 
to  a  different  person  or  place,  except  as  provided  in  these  ordi- 
nances. 


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Sec.  311.  The  officer  empowered  to  issue  any  such  license  or 
permit,  may  at  any  time  revoke  the  same  for  any  breach  of  the 
terms  or  conditions  thereof,  upon  g^iving  to  the  person  to  whom 
the  same  is  issued  notice  of  such  revocation,  and  making  a  record 
thereof ;  and  from  the  time  of  such  notice  any  act  done  under  color 
of  such  license  or  permit  shall  subject  the  person  doing  or  suffer- 
ing it  to  be  done,  to  the  same  penalty  as  if  he  had  done  such  act 
without  such  license  or  permit,  unless  such  revocation  is  disap- 
proved as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  312.  If  any  person  shall  feel  aggrieved  by  the  neglect  or 
refusal  of  any  of  said  officers  to  issue  license  or  permit,  or  by 
the  terms  or  conditions  therein  imposed,  or  by  any  revocation  of 
such  license  or  permit,  as  aforesaid,  he  may  appeal  to  the  board 
having  cognizance  of  the  matter,  by  the  city  ordinances,  upon 
giving  notice  to  such  officer  within  one  week  thereafter ;  and  until 
such  terms,  conditions,  or  revocations,  are  disapproved  by  such 
board  they  shall  be  binding  on  the  appellant ;  and  such  board  may 
order  such  modification  as  they  may  deem  proper,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  city  ordinances. 

If  no  other  board  has  supervision  of  the  subject  matter,  it  shall 
be  referred  to  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Sec.  313.  The  following  fees  shall  be  charged  and  paid  for 
licenses  and  permits  required  by  the  city  ordinances : 

Amusements,    §15.     Billiard  Tables  and  Bowling  Alleys 

for   hire,    each  .  .  .    $  .50 

§16.     Circus,    feats    of    horsemanship,    in 
tents    or    other    temporary    struc- 
ture, for  first  day         .  .  .         75.00 
for  each  succeeding  day       .  .         50.00 

Menagerie,  caravan,  exhibition  of 
living  animals  as  above,  for  each 
exhibition     or     performance,     for 

first  day 75.00 

for  each  succeeding  day         .  .  50.00 

Exhibition  of  dexterity,  gymnastics, 
dance,  minstrels,  curiosities,  the- 
atrical performance,  opera  or  con- 
cert by  professional  performers 
in  Hyperion  Theatre,  New  Ha- 
ven    Theatre,     or     in     any     other 


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l)uilding-  usually  occupied  by  pro- 
fessional     performers,      for     each 

day  $1.00 

but  if  the  owners  or  lessees  of  any 
of  said  theatres  shall  pay  $15.00 
on  the  first  day  of  any  month  in 
advance  for  license  to  play  during 
the  month,  said  payment  shall  be 
in   lieu  of  the  nightly   license   fee. 

In  any  room  or  building  continu- 
ously and  permanently  occupied 
by  the  same  person  or  persons  for 
repeated  exhibitions  or  perform- 
ances of  the  same  kind  and  by  the 
same  party  or  parties,  a  monthly 
license  fee  in  advance  of       .  .  5.00 

Lectures  unaccompanied  by  any  of 
the  above  performances — concerts 
given  by  amateurs  belonging  in 
said  city — concerts  and  exhibitions 
given  by  members  of  any  institu- 
tion of  learning  in  said  city,  or  by 
any  religious  or  charitable  society 
in  said  city,  and  exhibitions  of 
stereopticon  or  works  of  art  .  00.00 

For  exhibitions  not  included  above, 
rates  may  be  fixed  by  the  mayor ; 
and  if  any  of  said  exhibitions  are 
of  little  interest  or  importance,  or 
the  proceeds  are  to  be  entirely  for 
the  benefit  of  any  educational  or 
charitable  object  in  said  city,  he 
may  reduce  the  fee  to  any  amount 
he   may   deem   proper. 

For  fairs,  balls  or  dances         .  .  00.00 

Buildings.         §43.     For  alteration  and   repair  of  building         1.00 
§54.     For  new  buildings  .  .      $2.00  to  10.00 

§202.     Removing  buildings         .  .  .  1.00 

§180.     Restoring     wooden     building     dam- 
aged   by    fire         .  .  .  .  1.00 


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Fire. 

§260. 

Food. 

§267. 

Nuisance 

§320. 

§329. 

§331. 

Using  gas  generator         .  .  .        $10.00 

Dealing  in  milk       .  .  .  .  .  .^0 

Carting    whitefish  .  .  .  1.00 

Draining  privy  vault      .  .  .  00.00 

I'usiness  of  night  soil  man       .  .  10.00 

§333.     Cleaning  vault  out  of  season     .  .         00.00 

§339.     Slaughters,   etc 10.00 

§341.     Tanneries,  etc 10.00 

§342.     Grease,  soap,  etc.    .  .  .  .  10.00 

Steam  Boilers.  §583.     Erecting  steam  boiler  or  engine      .  .  50 

Public  Works.    §471.     Opening  any  street  to  lay  gas,  heat 

supply  or  water  main  .  .  .50 

§471.     Opening  any  street  to  lay  railroad 

track  .  .  .  .  .  .50 

Opening    any    street    to    repair    gas, 

heat  supply  or  water  main  .  .50 

Opening  any   street  to  connect   with 
sewer,   gas,   heat   supply   or   water 
main  .  .  .  .  .  .50 

Opening    any    street    for    any    other 

purpose  .  .  .  .  .50 

Opening  any  street   or   sidewalk   for 

constructing  vault          .  .  .  2.00 

For    making   any    opening,    aperture 
or  any  excavation  in  any  sidewalk, 
for    the    purpose    of    erectmg    any 
electric  light  or  telegraph  pole,  or 
aw  ning  pole  or  post,  for  any  other 
purpose    except     the     removal     of 
trees  or  planting  of  trees,  or  set- 
ting hitching  posts,  and  except  in 
cases  where  ordered  by  the  board 
of  aldermen,  or  a  committee  there- 
of,   or    where    a    different    fee    is 
provided  .  .  .  .  .50 

Connecting  with  the  State,  Park  and 
George  street  sewer,  from  Water 
to  Crown  streets,  and  the  sewer  in 
York  and  Oak  streets,  from 
George  street  to  Broad  street,  as 
follows : 


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Public  Works.    §341.     From  (IwelliTi!:^  liouses  and  stores, 

each    tenement  .  .  .        $50.00. 

From  hotels  and  pu])Hc  houses  .        150.00 

From    manufacturing-    and    other   es- 
tablishments,   not    inchuled    in    tlie 

above 200.00 

ConnectinjT;'  with  any  other  sewer  or 
main  shall  be  included  in  the  per- 
mit  for   excavating   for   that   pur- 
pose 
Business   of   tapping   sewers,   gas  or 

water  mains  .  .  .  .  1 .  00 

§202.     Removing  building  through  street     .  25.00 

§483.     Obstructing    streets    for    other    pur- 
poses .  .  .  .  .  .25 

§496.     Fireworks,     etc..    on     pubHc     streets 

and  squares  .  .  .  .  00.00 

Public     Conveyances.       §§414-419.     Passenger     vehicles, 

each 1.00 

§531.     Watering   Carts        ....         00.00 
§419.     Drivers  of  passenger  vehicles,  each  .  .50 

§414.     Baggage  Wagons,  each    ...  .50 

§419.     Drivers  of  baggage  wagons,  each     .  .50 

Trucks,   drays,  etc.  .  .  .  .25 

Drivers  of  trucks,  drays,  etc.,  each   .  .25 

§421.     Transfer  of  hcenses  for  vehicles  and 

drivers 00.00 

Trade.  §603.     Bootblacks  .  .  .  .         00.00 

§609.     Business  of  selling  gunpowder  .  2.00 

§611.     Using  gunpowder  in  manufacture      .  1.00 

§617.     Selling  fireworks  .  .  .  5.00 

§§619-624.     Wholesale    trade    in    petroleum,    and 

similar   oils  .  .  .  .  1.00 

§§625-629.  Keeping  for  retail,  petroleum,  and 
similar  oils,  in-  quantity  less  than 
three   barrels        .  .  .  .  -25 


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CHAFTER  XVII, 


NUISANCES. 


Sec. 

314.  Encroachment  on  streets. 

315.  Obstruction  of  streets. 

316.  Excavation    in    streets,    side- 

walks,   etc. 

317.  Rope,    etc.,    fastened    to    hy- 

drant. 

318.  Obstruction    in    docks,    etc.; 

penalty. 

319.  Ofifal,  etc.,  in  streets. 

320.  Carting  white  fish. 

321-322.     Carting      garbage,      offal, 
etc.;  penalty. 

323.  Dressing   of    animals,    animal 

and  vegetable  substances 
liable  to  putrefy. 

324.  Dead    animals    to    be    buried; 

penalty  for  neglect  or  re- 
fusal. 

325.  Fruit  on  sidewalks,  etc.;  filthy 

substances    in    streets,    etc. 

326.  Private  drains  discharging  up- 

on  surface  of  street. 
327-330.     Privies  and  cesspools. 

331.  Night    soil    men    may    be    li- 

censed. 

332.  Conveyances    for    night    soil; 

board  of  health  authorized 
to  issue  permits. 

333.  No    person    to    clean    privy- 

vault  or  cesspool  unless  li- 
censed; time  for  cleaning 
privies;  clerk  of  board  of 
health  may  issue  special 
permit;  when. 

334.  Night  soil  men  to  obey  clerk 

of  board  of  health. 

335.  Contents  of  privies,  where  de- 

posited, how  covered,  etc. 


Sec. 
336. 


337. 


338. 


339. 


340. 

341. 

342. 

343. 
344. 

345. 


Occupant  of  house,  etc. ;  to 
keep  yard  and  premises  in 
clean  condition. 

Stables,  pens,  etc.,  to  be  kept 
in  clean  condition;  keeping 
of  swine  and  cattle  prohib- 
ited. 

Guano,  etc.,  not  to  be  kept  in 
such  manner  as  to  be  offen- 
sive. 

No  building  or  yard  to  be 
used  for  purpose  of  killing 
or  dressing  animals  for 
hire,  markets,  etc.;  board  of 
aldermen  may  direct  li- 
cense of  premises  for  such 
purpose;  when. 

No  person  to  kill  or  dress,  or 
assist  in  killing  or  dressing, 
any  animal  used  for  food, 
except  in  building  licensed. 

Tanneries;  board  of  aldermen 
may  direct  licenses  to  be 
issued. 

Soap  factories,  etc.;  board  of 
aldermen  inay  direct  li- 
cense to  be  issued. 

Manure,  etc.,  not  to  be  kept 
so  as  to  be  offensive. 

Drains,  sinks,  cesspools;  how 
constructed;  abandoned 

wells  not  to  be  used  for. 

Owners  and  occupants  of 
premises.-,  to  keep  same  and 
street  in  front  to  center  free 
from  violation  of  foregoing 
provisions,  etc. 


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Sec.  Sec. 

34(5.  Board  of  health  to  prevent  350.  Gunpowder,  petroleum,  nitro- 
and    abate    foregoing    nui-  glycerine  and   other   explo- 

sances;   to  make   complaint  sives    deemed    a    nuisance; 

to  city  attorney.  mayor  power  to  remove. 

347.  How  director  of  public  works  351.     Steam    whistles;    mayor    may 

may    abate    foregoing    nui-  prohibit  blowing. 

sances.  352.     Hand    organs;    when    a    nui- 

348.  Expenses  incurred;  by  whom  sance. 

paid;  how  collected.  353.     Fire  hydrant  not  to  be  opened 

34!'.     Gas   works,  etc.;   when  to  be  without  authority. 

deemed     a     nuisance;     how  354.     Sprinkling        and        watering 

abated;  gas  and  other  pipes,  streets. 

nuisances;  when;  how  abat-  355.     Unhealthful  tenement  may  be 

ed.  closed;  mode  of  procedure. 

Sec.  314.  Every  encroachment  upon  any  street  beyond  the 
street  line,  by  any  fence,  building  or  step,  shall  be  deemed  a  com- 
mon nuisance. 

Sec.  315.  Every  obstruction  of  any  street,  public  square  or 
walk  in  said  city,  contrary  to  any  provision  of  the  ordinance  con- 
cerning public  works,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nuisance. 

Sec.  316.  Every  excavation  or  opening  in  any  sidewalk,  street 
or  square,  and  every  cellar-way  or  other  descent  near  the  line  of 
any  street,  likely  to  cause  danger  or  inconvenience,  and  contrary 
to  any  provision  of  the  ordinance  concerning  public  works,  shall 
be  deemed  a  common  nuisance. 

Sec.  317.  Every  rope,  guy,  support  and  brace,  fastened  to  or 
set  against  any  hydrant,  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  the  ordi- 
nance concerning  fire,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nuisance. 

Sec.  318.  Any  stone,  wood,  timber,  lumber  of  any  kind,  iron, 
coal,  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  freight  of  any  kind,  refuse  or 
rubbish,  in  or  upon  any  flat,  slip,  quay,  dock  or  public  landing 
place  in  said  city,  for  a  period  of  more  than  two  days,  to  the  en- 
croachment on  or  obstruction  of,  such  flat,  slip,  quay,  dock  or  pub- 
lic landing  place,  or  to  the  inconvenience  of  any  person  having 
lawful  occasion  to  use  the  same,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nui- 
sance. 

Every  person  placing  or  leaving  such  incumbrance,  or  causing 
or  procuring  the  same  to  be  left  and  to  remain  as  aforesaid,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one.  nor  more  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  for  every  day,  after  said  two  days  shall  have 
expired,  until  said  incumbrance  shall  have  been  removed. 


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Six'.  31').  Tlic  i)lacin_<;-  or  (k'])()siiin^-  in  m-  on  an\  street  or 
sidewalk,  or  the  dragg^inof  alonj?  or  across  the  same  any  olTal,  filth, 
hides  or  other  offensively  sniellin<2f  suhstance.  causin.^;  such  street 
or  sidewalk  to  l)e  in  an  unclean  and  offensively  smellint^  condition, 
shall  he  deemed  a  nuisance. 

Sec.  320.  Xo  person  shall  convey  or  cause  to  be  conveyed 
throuoh  an\-  street  or  portion  of  any  street  in  said  citv,  anv  white- 
fish,  without  a  written  license  therefor,  from  the  board  of  health, 
specifying-  the  street  or  streets  through  which  such  whitefish  may 
be  conveyed,  as  provided  in  the  ordinance  concerning  licenses 
and  permits.  Any  violation  of  this  section,  or  of  the  conditions 
and  requirements  of  such  license,  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance. 

Sec.  321.  No  person  shall  convey  or  cause  to  be  conve^-ed 
through  any  street,  or  portion  of  any  street  in  this  city,  any  offal, 
bones,  grease,  fat  or  any  putrid  or  off'ensive  matter,  without  a 
license  from  the  board  of  health.  If  any  person,  by  himself,  his 
servant  or  agent,  shall  willfully  or  carelessly  violate  this  section,  he 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for 
such  offense. 

Sec.  322.  Any  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  carting  mate- 
rials mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  shall  use  a  conveyance 
acceptable  to  the  board  of  health  and  from  the  first  of  April  to 
the  first  of  December  in  each  year  such  material  shall  be  carted 
in  tight  barrels  with  covers  which  shall  be  closed  at  all  times  ex- 
cept when  opened  for  the  purpose  of  placing  said  material  within 
the  barrel  or  removing  the  same.  Durmg  the  months  of  May, 
June.  July,  August  and  September  said  barrels  shall  be  washerl 
daily  wath  hot  water. 

Sec.  323.  The  dressing  or  cleaning  of  any  fish,  birds,  poultry 
or  animal  of  any  kind  in  or  upon  any  public  or  private  landing 
place,  or  on  any  wharf  or  bridge,  or  on  the  margin  of  any  basin, 
cove,  creek,  brook  or  river,  or  on  any  railroad,  street  or  public 
square,  or  on  the  shore  of  the  harbor,  or  on  the  harbor  above  low 
water  mark  :  or  leaving  in  any  such  place,  or  any  other  place  in  said 
citv,  anv  animal  or  vegetable  substance,  liable  to  putrefy,  without 
burying  or  otherwise  securing  the  same,  so  that  no  stench,  conta- 
gion or  contamination  of  the  air  can  arise  therefrom,  shall  be 
deemed  a  nuisance. 

Sec.  324.  The  owner  of  every  animal  that  shall  die  or  be  found 
dead  in  said  city,   except  where   such   animal  has  been   killed   for 


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focid  and  is  fit  for  food,  sliall  cause  such  animal  to  be  immediately 
buried,  at  least  three  feet  under  ground,  or  carried  beyond  the 
city  limits,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every  neglect  or  refusal  so 
to    do. 

Sec.  325.  Every  violation  of  the  ordinance  concerning  public 
works,  by  throwing  or  leaving  any  fruit  or  pieces  of  fruit  on  any 
sidewalk,  or  by  throwing  into  or  leaving  in  any  street,  gutter,  gul- 
l}-shoot  or  catch  basin,  any  ashes,  cinders,  dead  animal,  animal  or 
vegetable  substance,  dirty  water,  brine,  rubbish  or  other  substance, 
likely  to  render  such  street,  gutter,  gullys'hoot  or  catch  basin  un- 
clean, or  to  impair  its  usefulness  to  the  public,  shall  be  deemed  a 
common  nuisance. 

Sec.  326.  Every  private  sewer  or  drain,  discharging  into  any 
street,  gutter,  or  upon  the  surface  of  any  street,  contrary  to  the 
314th  section  of  the  ordinance  concerning  public  works,  shall  be 
deemed  a  common  nuisance. 

Sec.  327.  Every  lot  and  premises  in  said  city  in  which  there 
shall  be  a  manufactory,  or  a  dwelling  house,  or  any  other  build- 
ing, having  rooms  for  the  occupation  of  tenants,  shall  have,  in 
connection  therewith,  a  suitable  earth  closet,  or  suitable  privy,  or 
privies,  fixed  to  discharge  into  some  public  sewer,  or  into  tide- 
water, or  into  a  suitable  vault,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  328.  No  privy  shall  hereafter  be  erected  or  suffered  to 
remain  in  said  city,  unless  so  constructed  that  the  filth  therefrom 
shall  be  immediately  passed  into  some  public  sewer,  or  where  such 
filth  will  fall  into  tide-water  and  be  effectually  carried  off  daily  by 
the  tide,  or  having  a  vault  sunk  under  the  same  to  the  depth  of 
at  least  six  feet  of  the  full  length  and  width  of  such  privy,  and 
closed  up  to  the  building  on  all  sides. 

Xo  privv  or  cesspool  shall  hereafter  be  constructed  in  the  city 
of  New  Haven  upon  a  lot  on  a  street  in  which  there  is  a  sewer  .or 
upon  a  street  after  the  same  has  been  sewered,  except  such  privy 
or  cesspool  be  connected  with  said  sewer  and  provided  with  effi- 
cient trap  or  traps  and  suitable  means  for  flushing  and  cleaning 
the  same,  to  the  acceptance  of  the  board  of  health. 

Sec.  329.  Xo  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  suffered  to  be  at 
any  time  filled  within  two  feet  of  the  general  surface  of  the  ground 
around  such  privy  or  cesspool. 

Xo  privv  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  drained  into  any  hole  or  ex- 
cavation in  the  earth,  without  a  permit  therefor  from  the  board  of 


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health,  hut  when  the  same  requires  cleaning,  the  contents  shall 
he  taken  out  and  carted  away  as  hereinafter  provided. 

The  contents  of  any  such  vault  or  of  any  cesspool  in  said  city, 
shall  not  he  removed  without  a  permit  from  the  board  of  health. 

Sec.  330.  Xo  privy  or  cesspool  shall  be  kept  or  suffered  to  re- 
main in  such  a  condition  as  to  be  offensive,  by  its  scent,  to  the 
neighborhood  or  to  passengers  in  any  street,  except  temporarily, 
while  being  cleaned,  as  hereinafter  provided.  Whenever  any  privy 
vault  or  cesspool  situated  upon  a  lot  on  a  street  in  which  there  is 
a  sewer,  becomes  dangerous  to  the  public  health  in  the  opinion  of 
the  board  of  health,  said  board  may  order  the  same  to  be  abol- 
ished and  the  contents  to  be  removed,  and  the  excavation  to  be 
filled  with  clean  materials.  In  case  the  owner  shall  neglect  or  re- 
fuse to  obey  such  order  within  seven  days  after  receiving  a  written 
notice  to  do  so,  then  the  board  of  health  may  cause  the  same  to  be 
done  at  the  expense  of  the  owner. 

Sec.  331.  The  board  of  health  may  designate  and  issue  li- 
censes, in  accordance  with  the  tenns  of  the  ordinances  concerning 
licenses  and  permits,  to  a  suitable  number  of  trustworthy  persons 
to  engage  in  the  business  of  removing  the  contents  of  privies  and 
cesspools. 

Sec.  332.  Every  person  engaged  in  said  business  shall  keep  and 
use  therein  suitable  conveyances  for  the  carriage  of  such  contents, 
with  water-tight  tanks  or  boxes,  and  close-fitting  lids  or  covers, 
and  shall  at  all  times  keep  conspicuously  on  all  such  conveyances, 
in  large  letters  and  figures,  the  words  "Night  Soil,"  and  the  num- 
ber of  his  license,  all  of  which  shall  first  be  examined  and  approved 
by  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  health,  and  certified  by  him  on  the 
license,  but  the  board  of  health  is  authorized  and  empowered  to 
issue  a  permit  to  any  duly  licensed  person  or  persons  to  remove  the 
contents  of  any  privy  vault  or  cesspool,  at  any  season  of  the  year, 
and  at  all  hours  of  the  day ;  provided,  that  such  removal  be  effected 
by  the  use  of  odorless  excavating  apparatus. 

Sec.  333.  No  person  shall  remove  the  contents  of  any  privy 
vault  or  cesspool  unless  duly  licensed  as  aforesaid,  nor  unless  in  a 
conveyance  approved  as  aforesaid. 

No  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  cleaned,  nor  shall  the  con- 
tents thereof  be  carted  through  any  street  of  said  city,  except  be- 
tween the  first  day  of  December  and  the  15th  day  of  March  then 
next  succeeding,  and  between  the  hours  of  ten  and  four  o'clock. 


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in  the  night  season,  except  as  aforesaid ;  provided,  however,  if  it 
shall  be  necessary  in  the  construction  or  alteration  of  any  build- 
ing, or  in  order  to  abate  a  nuisance,  to  remove  the  contents  of  any 
vault  at  any  other  time,  the  clerk  of  the  board  of  health  may 
issue  a  special  permit  therefor,  prescribing  the  time  and  manner 
of  such  removal,  as  provided  in  the  ordinance  concerning  licenses 
and  permits. 

Sec.  334.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person  licensed  as  a 
night  soil  man,  as  aforesaid,  to  obey  the  orders  of  the  clerk  of 
the  board  of  health  in  removing  the  contents  of  any  vault, 
deemed  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  to  leave  'the  premises  about  such 
vault  in  a  clean  condition. 

Sec.  ZZS.  No  person  shall  deposit  the  contents  of  any  vault 
in  any  highway  or  public  grounds  in  said  city,  nor  shall  any  per- 
son deposit  the  contents  of  such  vault  in  any  other  place  in  said 
city,  without  covering  the  same  with  earth,  and  mixing  there- 
with a  sufficient  quantity  of  deodorizing  substance  to  destroy  the 
effluvia  therefrom. 

Sec.  336.  Eveiy  occupant  of  any  house,  building  or  tenement 
in  said  city  shall  keep  the  same,  and  the  yard  or  premises  con- 
nected therewith,  in  a  clean  condition,  and  free  from  filth  and 
substances  likely  to  infect  the  air  of  the  neighborhood,  and  shall 
collect  in  one  place  in  such  yard  or  premises  all  the  house  dirt  or 
offal,  and  when  the  same  shall  become  offensive,  as  aforesaid,  shall 
cause  the  same  to  be  removed. 

Any  landlord,  or  agent  of  the  landlord,  having  general  charge 
of  such  premises,  shall  cause  the  same  to  conform  to  this  ordi- 
nance, within  three  days  after  receiving  notice  to  that  effect  from 
the  board  of  health. 

Sec.  ZZ7.  No  cattle  or  swine  shall  be  kept  within  the  limits  of 
the  city,  without  the  licenses  from  the  board  of  health,  which 
board  shall  have  power  to  grant  licenses  to  suitable  persons  to 
keep  cattle  or  swine  in  suitable  places,  provided  that  no  licenses 
shall  be  granted  to  keep  swine  within  150  feet  of  the  residence 
of  any  person  other  than  the  one  to  whom  such  license  is  granted. 

Sec.  338.  No  person  shall  keep  any  guano  or  other  fertilizing- 
substance,  in  said  city,  for  any  purpose  whatever,  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  directly  or  indirectly  to  become  offensive,  by  the  effluvia 
arising  therefrom,  to  any  person  residing  in  the  neighborhood  or 
passing  in  the  street. 


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Sec.  339.  Xo  building  or  yard  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose 
of  killing  or  dressing  therein  any  animal  or  animals  for  hire  or 
sale  except  on  license  to  be  issued  by  the  board  of  aldermen  after 
proper  nispection  and  under  sucli  restrictions  and  regulations  as 
the  board  of  health  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  340.  Xo  person  shall  hereafter  kill  or  dress,  or  assist  in 
killing  or  dressing  in  said  city,  any  animal  usually  intended  for 
food,  except  in  a  building  duly  licensed,  as  provided  in  the  next 
preceding  section,  or  upon  the  premises  occupied  by  the  family 
for  whose  private  use  such  animal  is  intended. 

Sec.  341.  Xo  building,  tan  vat,  yard  or  premises  shall  be  used 
for  the  purpose  of  tanning  or  dressing  leather  or  skins,  or  for  any 
part  of  such  process  except  on  license  issued  by  the  board  of 
health  after  proper  inspection  and  under  such  restrictions  and 
regulations  as  said  board  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  342.  X'^o  building  or  premises  shall  be  used  for  the  busi- 
ness of  trying  or  rectifying  lard,  tallow,  or  any  grease,  or  for  the 
business  of  manufacturing  soap  or  for  storing  undressed  skins,  ex- 
cept on  license  to  be  issued  by  the  board  of  health  after  proper 
inspection  and  under  such  restrictions  and  regulations  as  said  board 
may  prescribe. 

Sec.  343.  Xo  person  shall  place,  leave  or  suffer  to  remain  upon 
any  premises  in  said  city,  any  manure  or  fertilizing  or  refuse  mat- 
ter, in  such  manner  or  condition  as  to  be  offensive  to  those  resid- 
ing in  the  neighborhood  or  passing  in  the  street,  by  odors  arising 
therefrom. 

Sec.  344.  Every  drain,  sink  and  cesspool  in  said  city  shall  be 
so  constructed  and  maintained,  that  the  same  shall  not  injure  the 
water  of  any  well  or  become  offensive  by  its  smell,  to  the  public. 

Xo  person  shall  use  an  abandoned  well  for  a  cesspool  or  privy 
vault. 

Sec.  345.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  of  any  premises 
in  said  city,  and  of  the  agent  of  such  owner,  having  charge  of  such 
premises,  and  of  every  occupant  of  such  premises,  to  keep  and 
maintain  the  same  and  the  street  in  front  to  its  center,  free  from 
any  violation  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Every  person  violatmg  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  chapter,  or 
aiding  in,  or  causing  or  procuring,  any  such  violation,  or  know- 
ingly suffering  or  permitting  such  violation,  in  or  upon  any  prem- 
ises belonging  to  him  or  occupied  by  him,  or  in  the  street  adjacent 


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thereto,  as  aforesaid,  or  with  property  belonging-  to  him.   shall  be 
•deemed  guilty  of  committing  and  maintaining  a  nuisance,  and  for 
every    such    violation    shall   forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less 
than  one.  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or  such  penalty  as. 
may  be  otherwise  provided  for  the  specific  act  by  these  ordinances. 

Sec.  346.  The  board  of  health  shall  be  charged  with  the  duty 
of  preventing,  examining  and  abating  such  of  the  foregoing  nui- 
sances in  said  city  as  are  prejudicial  to  health,  and  in  the  discharge 
of  said  duty,  they  shall  have  power,  at  all  reasonable  times  with 
necessary  assistance,  to  enter  any  premises  in  said  citv. 

They  shall  make  complaint  to  tlie  city  a'ttomey  of  any  violation 
of  the  foregoing  provisions  coming  within  their  province. 

Sec.  347.  Whenever  the  director  of  public  works  shall  have 
written  notice  from  the  chief  of  police  of  the  existence  of  any  of 
said  nuisances  in  said  city,  if  the  same  be  in  any  public  street, 
square  or  grounds,  or  in  any  place  designated  in  section  318  of 
these  ordinances,  he  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  abated  or  removed 
at  once. 

Sec.  348.  The  expenses  incurred  by  said  director  of  public 
works,  or  board  of  health,  in  abating  or  removing  any  of  said 
nuisances  shall  be  paid  by  the  cit}'.  Such  expenses  shall  be  a 
charge  against  every  person  causing  or  procuring  such  nuisances 
to  exist,  and  against  every  person  suffering  or  permitting  sucii 
nuisances  to  be  done  or  to  exist  on  any  premises  owned  by  him  or 
under  his  charge,  and  may  be  recovered  in  behalf  of  said  city,  of 
such  persons  or  any  of  them,  jointly  or  severally,  in  any  proper 
form  of  action. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  director  of  public  works  or  clerk  of 
the  board  of  health  forthwith  to  notify  the  corporation  counsel, 
of  any  such  expense,  and  the  names  of  the  persons  chargeable 
therefor,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  counsel  to  proceed  to 
collect  the  same. 

Sec.  349.  Any  gas  works  or  gas  reservoir,  now  or  hereafter 
erected  in  said  city,  which  shall  corrupt  the  water  or  pollute  the 
air,  so  as  to  become  offensive  or  injurious  to  any  person  residing 
in  the  vicinity  thereof,  or  suffered  to  drain  into  any  of  the  waters 
of  said  city,  so  as  to  corrupt  the  same,  shall  be  deemed  a  common 
nuisance.  The  board  of  health  of  said  city  may  order  such  alter- 
ations and  precautions  as  they  shall  deem  necessary  to  abate  and 
prevent  such  nuisance,  and  any  person  or  corporation  using  such 


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works  or  reservoir,  and  neglecting  or  refusing  to  conform  to  such 
order,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for 
every  day  of  such  neglect  or  refusal. 

Any  gas  or  other  pipe,  in  any  street  of  said  city,  in  a  leaky  con- 
dition so  as  to  contaminate  the  air  or  injure  or  endanger  any  tree 
in  any  street  or  public  square,  shall  be  deemed  a  nuisance,  and  the 
board  of  health,  in  case  of  contamination  of  air,  and  the  director 
of  public  works,  in  the  case  of  injury  to  trees,  may  make  an  order 
on  the  person  or  corporation  using  the  same,  to  abate  or  prevent 
such  nuisance,  and  any  disobedience  of  such  order  sliall  be  pun- 
ishable as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  350.  Every  parcel  of  gunpowder,  or  petroleum  oil  or  oil 
of  similar  dangerous  character,  or  nitro-glycerine,  had  or  kept  in 
said  city  contrary  to  the  ordinance  concerning  trade,  shall  be 
deemed  a  common  nuisance.  The  mayor  shall  have  power  to 
summarily  remove  such  nuisance  or  otherwise  abate  the  same. 

Sec.  351.  The  mayor  may,  upon  the  complaint  of  any  person 
residing  within  three  hundred  feet  of  the  place  where  any  steam 
whistle  is  blown,  prohibit  the  blowing  of  any  such  whistle  at  or 
near  such  place,  for  such  time,  and  under  such  conditions  as  he 
may  prescribe. 

Every  violation  of  such  prohibition  shall  be  deemed  a  common 
nuisance,  and  the  person,  persons  or  corporation,  causing,  suffer- 
ing or  permitting  any  such  violation,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  pen- 
alty of  twenty-five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  352.  Every  hand-organ  played  more  than  thirty  minutes 
in  any  one  day,  in  any  part  of  a  public  street  between  the  same 
two  cross  streets,  or  more  than  fifteen  minutes  in  front  of  the 
same  premises,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nuisance,  and  the  per- 
son or  persons  playing  the  same  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  not 
exceeding  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  353.  Every  person  who  shall  open  any  public  fire  hydrant, 
except  under  authority  of  the  fire  department  of  said  city,  or 
under  authority  of  some  proper  officer  of  said  city,  and  every  per- 
son who  shall  willfully  and  maliciously  leave  the  water  of  any 
public  hydrant  running  to  waste,  and  every  person  who  shall  will- 
fully and  maliciously  leave  the  water  of  any  hydrant  or  pipe  run- 
ning in  any  public  building  or  to  the  damage  of  others  in  any 
tenement  building,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars 
for  everv  such  offense. 


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Sec.  354.  Every  person  sprinklinp^  or  watering  any  street, 
gutter,  sidewalk,  or  part  of  a  building,  shall  avoid  sprinkling  or 
wetting  passengers,  or  vehicles  in  the  street. 

Every  person  willfully  or  carelessly  violating  this  section  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense,  and 
the  person  or  persons  in  whose  employ  such  act  was  done  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  like  penalty. 

Sec.  355.  The  board  of  health,  when  satisfied  upon  due  ex- 
amination, that  a  cellar,  room,  tenement  or  building  in  this  city 
occupied  as  a  dwelling  place  has  become  by  reason  of  the  number 
of  occupants,  want  of  cleanliness  or  other  cause,  unfit  for  such 
purpose  and  a  cause  of  nuisance  or  sickness  to  the  occupants  or 
to  the  public,  shall  issue  a  notice  in  writing  to  the  owner,  or  his 
agent,  and  occupants,  requiring  the  premises  to  be  put  in  proper 
condition,  or  if  said  board  see  fit,  requiring  the  occupants  to  quit 
possession  within  such  time  as  said  board  may  deem  reasonable. 

If  the  persons  so  notified  or  any  of  them  neglect  or  refuse  to 
comply  with  the  terms  of  said  notice,  said  board  may  cause  the 
premises  to  be  properly  cleaned  at  the  expense  of  the  owner,  or 
may  remove  the  occupants  forcibly  and  close  the  premises,  and 
the  same  shall  not  again  be  occupied  as  a  dwelling  place  without 
the  consent  of  said  board  of  health.  If  the  owner  thereafter  occu- 
pies or  knowingly  permits  the  same  to  be  occupied  without  such 
permission  in  writing  from  said  board,  he  shall  forfeit  not  less  than 
fiftv,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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CHAPTER  XVIII. 
OFFICERS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

356-358.     Corporation    counsel,    du-  362.     Inspector    of    gas    and    water 
ties  of.  meters;      how      appointed; 

359.  Traveling  and  other  necessary  duties  and  fees. 

expenses   allowed,   in   addi-      363.     Inspector  of  lamps;  duties  of 
tion  to  salary.  and  salary. 

360.  Of¥icer    incurring    expense    in      364.     Mayor,  etc.,  may  offer  reward 

behalf  of  the  city  to  notify  in  certain  cases, 

corporation  counsel;  when.      365.     Special  constables  to  provide 

361.  Weighers,  measurers,  etc.,  how  themselves  with  badges,  etc. 

appointed;  duties,  etc.  366.     Shall  wear  the  same  when  on 

duty. 
367.     Public  office  hours. 

Sec.  356.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporation  counsel  to 
draft  all  bonds,  deeds,  obligations,  contracts,  conveyances  and 
agreements,  or  other  legal  instruments  of  whatever  nature,  which 
may  be  required  of  him  by  any  ordinance  or  order  of  the  board 
of  aldermen,  or  which  may  be  requisite  to  be  done  and  made  by 
said  cit}^  and  any  person  or  corporation  contracting  with  the  same 
in  its  corporate  capacity,  and  which  by  law,  usage  or  agreement 
said  city  is  to  be  at  the  expense  of  drawing. 

Sec.  357.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  corporation  counsel  to 
commence  and  prosecute  all  actions  and  suits  to  be  commenced  in 
behalf  of  said  city  before  any  tribunal  in  this  state,  whether  in 
law  or  equity,  and  also  to  appear  in,  defend,  and  advocate  the  rights 
and  interests  of  the  city,  or  any  of  the  officers  of  the  city,  in  any 
suit  or  prosecution  for  any  act  or  omission  in  the  discharge  of 
their  official  duties,  wherein  any  estate,  right,  privilege,  ordinance 
or  act  of  the  city  government  may  be  brought  in  question ;  pro- 
lided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  change 
or  abridge  in  any  manner  the  duties  of  the  city  attorney,  as  the 
same  are  now  defined  and  prescribed  by  law.  Said  corporation 
counsel  shall  keep  a  docket  of  all  causes  to  which  said  city  may 
be  a  party,  and  shall  deliver  the  same,  with  all  papers  in  his  pos- 
session pertaining  to  his  office,  to  his  successor. 


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Sec.  358.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  corporation  counsel  to 
appear  before  the  general  assembly  of  this  state,  or  any  com- 
mittee thereof,  whether  of  either  or  both  branches  of  the  same, 
and  there,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  represent,  answer  for,  defend  and 
advocate  the  interests  and  welfare  of  said  city,  whenever  the  same 
may  be  directly  or  indirectly  affected.  He  shall  notify  the  mayor 
of  said  city,  in  writing,  of  any  measure  pending  before  said  assem- 
bly for  any  chartered  privileges  likely  to  intefere  with  the 
rights,  powers  or  duties  of  said  city,  and  take  such  action  in  regard 
to  the  same  as  he  may  be  advised  by  the  mayor  or  board  of 
aldermen. 

Sec.  359.  In  addition  to  the  salary  allowed  by  law,  whenever 
the  attendance  of  the  corporation  counsel  may  be  required,  on 
official  business,  out  of  the  city,  his  reasonable  traveling  expenses 
shall  be  allowed  him,  and  he  shall  be  allowed  such  other  necessary 
expenses  as  may  be  incurred  by  him  in  the  proper  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  said  office. 

Sec.  360.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  incurring  any  ex- 
pense in  behalf  of  the  city,  for  which  any  person  or  corporation  is 
liable  to  the  city,  forthwith  to  notify  the  corporation  counsel,  in 
writing,  and  to  see  that  the  proper  certificate  of  lien  is  recorded, 
if  the  case  admits  of  such  lien. 

Sec.  361.  Said  board  of  aldermen  may  appoint  such  number 
of  weighers,  measurers,  surveyors  and  inspectors  of  different  kinds 
of  produce  and  merchandise,  impounders  and  pound  keepers,  as 
they  shall  deem  proper ;  and  the  duties  and  fees  of  every  such  officer 
shall  be  the  the  same  mutatis  mutandis,  as  the  duties  and  fees  pre- 
scribed by  the  statutes  of  this  state  for  like  officers,  appointed  by 
authority  of  the  town  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  362.  Said  board  of  aldermen  may  appoint  one  or  more 
inspectors  of  gas  meters  and  water  iiieters,  who  shall  have  author- 
ity to  inspect  and  test  any  gas  meter  or  water  meter  in  use  in 
said  city,  and  certify  in  regard  to  its  good  order,  upon  the  appli- 
cation of  the  person  or  persons  using  the  gas  or  water  measured 
thereby,  notice  of  such  application  having  been  left  at  the  office 
of  the  proper  gas  or  water  company,  at  least  forty-eight  hours 
beforehand.  And  said  court  may  prescribe  the  fees  which  said 
inspector  may  charge  the  person  employing  him  for  such  in- 
spection. 


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Sec.  363.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector  of  lamps  to 
care  for  and  supervise  all  the  public  lamps  in  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  cause  the  same  to  be  located  and  removed,  as  the  board  of 
aldermen  may  order,  and  perform  the  duties  of  clerk  of  the 
standing-  committee  on  lamps  and  street  lighting  of  the  1)oard 
of  aldermen.  Said  inspector  of  lamps  shall  receive  for  services 
and  expenses  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  the  sum  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  while  holding  said  ofifice  shall 
be  engaged  in  no  other  business. 

Sec.  364.  Whenever  any  great  crime  or  misdemeanor,  or  ila- 
grant  breach  of  the  city  ordinances  is  anticipated  or  has  been 
committed  in  said  city,  and  the  offender  has  escaped  or  is  un- 
known, the  mayor,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  board  of 
aldermen,  may,  in  the  name  and  behalf  of  said  city,  publicly  offer 
a  reward  not  exceeding  five  hundred  dollars  for  the  detection, 
arrest,  or  conviction  of  the  offender. 

Sec.  365.  Every  special  constable  shall,  at  his  own  expense, 
provide  himself  with  a  metal  badge,  silver  plated  or  nickel  plated, 
in  the  form  of  a  shield,  not  less  than  two  inches  long  at  the 
longest  part,  nor  less  than  one  inch  and  a  half  wide  at  the  narrow- 
est part,  and  lettered  thus,  in  capital  letters : 

SPECIAL 
CONSTABLE 
NEW  HAVEN 

Sec.  366.  Every  special  constable  shall  wear  said  badge  affixed 
to  some  conspicuous  place  upon  his  outer  clotliing  whenever  exe- 
cuting the  duties  of  his  office,  and  for  any  neglect  so  to  do  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  five  dollars,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  court. 

Sec.  367.  All  city  officials,  except  the  treasurer,  and  except 
where  it  is  otherwise  provided,  shall  keep  their  respective  offices 
open  for  the  convenience  of  the  public  for  not  less  than  seven 
consecutive  hours,  beginning-  at  9  o'clock  a.  m.,  on  every  week  day, 
except  public  holidays,  and  on  Saturdays  said  offices  shall  be 
closed  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.,  unless  the  head  of  the  department  shall 
find  it  necessary  to  keep  his  department  or  office  open  later.  The 
office  of  the  treasurer  shall  be  open  from  2.30  to  3.30  p.  m.,  every 
day  except  Saturday  and  public  holidays,  and  on  Saturdays  from 
11  to  12  o'clock  noon. 


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CHAPTER  XIX. 
ORDINANCES. 

Sec.  Sec. 

368.  Ordinances ;      general      penalty      372.     Repeal    of  ordinances   not    to 

for  their  violation.  take    effect    until    published 

369.  Breach  of  ordinance;  penalty;  in  newspapers. 

how  enforced  by  city  attor-      378.     Ordinances ;  how  arranged  and 
ney.  numbered. 

370.  Payment  of  penalty  not  a  bar      374.     City    clerk    to    send    copy    of 

to    prosecution    for    subse-  new  ordinances  to  city  at- 

quent  breach.  torney,  etc. 

371.  Ordinances    not    to    be    con- 

strued to  render  city  liable, 
except  in  certain  cases. 

Sec.  368.  Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  any 
ordinance  of  said  city,  now  or  hereafter  in  force,  for  which  no 
specific  penalty  is  or  shall  be  otherwise  provided,  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such 
violation,  according-  to  the  nature  and  aggravation  of  the  offense. 

Sec.  369.  The  city  attorney  of  said  city  may  sue  for,  in  any 
proper  form  of  action,  collect  and  receive,  in  behalf  of  said  city, 
the  penalty  incurred  by  the  breach  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city, 
or  he  may  enforce  the  payment  of  such  penalty  by  complaint  and 
process  to  the  city  court  as  in  criminal  cases. 

Sec.  370.  No  payment  of  any  penalty,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  a 
bar  to  any  suit  or  prosecution  for  a  subsequent  breach  of  the 
same  ordinance,  or  for  a  continuance  of  the  same  breach ;  nor  re- 
lieve any  person  from  liability  to  pay  any  expenses  incurred  by  any 
officer  of  said  city ;  nor  from  liability  to  pay  any  damages  conse- 
quent upon  such  breach,  to  the  city  or  any  person. 

No  payment  of  expenses  incurred,  and  no  revocation  of  license, 
or  removal  from  office,  shall  excuse  any  person  from  liability  to 
the  penalty  prescribed  for  the  breach  of  any  ordinance. 

Sec.  371.  No  ordinance  of  said  city  shall  be  construed  to  ren- 
der said  city  liable  to  any  person  or  corporation  for  any  breach  of 
such    ordinance,    or    for    any    injury    to    person    or    property    any 


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further  than  such  liabihty  is  expressly  provided  in  such  ordinance, 
or  in  the  statutes  of  this  state. 

Sec.  372.  No  repeal  of  the  whole  or  part  of  any  ordinance  of 
said  city  shall  take  effect  until  published  in  the  daily  newspapers, 
as  prescribed  for  new  ordinances,  nor  until  one  week  after  its 
passage. 

Sec.  Z7Z.  The  ordinances  of  said  city  shall  be  entitled  and 
alphabetically  arrang"ed,  as  nearly  as  practicable,  according  to  the 
subject  matter;  and  the  sections  of  ordinances  passed,  in  addition 
to.  or  in  alteration  of,  any  ordinance,  shall  be  numbered  continu- 
ously with  the  sections  of  such  ordinance,  unless  the  whole  ordi- 
nance is  revised  and  re-numbered. 

Sec.  374.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk,  immediately 
upon  the  taking  effect  of  any  ordinance  adopted  by  the  board  of 
aldermen,  to  prepare  and  distribute  as  called  for,  copies  of  such 
new  ordinances,  which  copies  shall  be  in  such  form  that  they  can 
be  inserted  in  the  published  book  of  charter  and  ordinances.  The 
said  clerk  shall  send  a  copy  of  each  new  ordinance  to  each  depart- 
ment of  the  city  government.  Ten  copies  of  the  charter  and  ordi- 
nances which  are  last  published  shall  be  interleaved  and  preserved 
by  the  city  clerk  for  future  revisions. 

He  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  officers  elected  and  of  all  appoint- 
ments made  by  the  board  of  aldermen  or  any  of  the  departments 
of  the  city  government. 


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CHAPTER  XX. 


PLUMBING. 


Sec.  Sec. 

375.  Board    of    health    to    license      387. 

plumbers. 

376.  License  must  be  obtained  be-      388. 

fore   business   may   be   car- 
ried on.  389. 

377.  Inspector  of  plumbing;  com- 

pensation and  duties  of. 
378-379.        Regulations     concerning      390. 
water  closets. 

380.  Regulations     concerning    soil      391. 

and      drain      pipes      under 
ground. 

381.  Regulations     concerning    soil       392. 

and      drain      pipes      above 
ground.  393. 

382.  Branches    of    soil    and    waste 

pipes    to    be    carried    above      394. 
roofs.  395. 

383.  Drains  must  have  traps;  how      396. 

constructed. 

384.  Regulations    concerning    rain      397. 

water  leaders. 

385.  Regulations     concerning    soil       398. 

pipes,  ventilators  and  chim- 
ney flues.  399. 

386.  Regulations  concerning  joints 

and  connections. 


Traps  and  air  pipes;  regula- 
tions concerning. 

Waste  pipes  from  refrigera- 
tors to  have  separate  pipe. 

Pipes  and  other  fixtures  not 
to  be  covered  until  inspect- 
ed. 

Regulations  concerning  con- 
nections with  water  mains. 

Steam,  exhaust  pipes,  etc., 
must  not  connect  with  sew- 
er or  house  drain. 

Grease  traps  must  be  placed; 
when. 

How  privy  vaults  shall  be 
connected. 

Durham  system  may  be  used. 

How  plumbing  shall  be  tested. 

Material  must  be  good  and 
work   thorough. 

What  persons  may  obtain  li- 
cense to  lay  drain  pipes. 

License  may  be  revoked;  fee 
for  license. 

Penalty. 


Sec.  375.  The  board  of  health  may  license  proper  persons  to 
carry  on  the  business  of  plumbing,  after  they  have  first  obtained  a 
license  from  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  Z76.  No  person  shall  carry  on  the  business  of  plumbing, 
or  do  any  plumbing  work,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  unless  he 
shall  have  first  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  by  the  board  of 
health  and  received  from  them  a  license  and  registered  his  name 
and  place  of  business   in   the   office   of  the   board   of  health ;  and 


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notice  of  any  change  in    the  place    of    business    of    a    registered 
pkuiiber  shall  be  immediately  given  to  said  board. 

Sec.  yjl .  The  board  of  health  shall  appoint  one  or  more  in- 
spectors of  pluml)ing,  who  shall  be  practical  jilumbers,  and  who 
shall  not,  while  holding  office,  be  interested  directly  or  indirectly 
in  the  business  of  plumbing  or  the  furnishing  of  plumbing  mate- 
rials or  supplies.  The  inspector  or  inspectors  so  appointed  shall 
hold  office  until  removed  by  said  board  of  health  for  caUse,  which 
must  be  shown.  The  compensation  for  such  inspector  or  inspect- 
ors shall  be  determined  by  said  board  of  health  and  be  paid  out 
of  the  city  treasury.  The  inspector  or  inspectors  so  appointed 
shall  inspect  all  plumbing  work  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  in  pro- 
cess of  construction,  alteration  or  repairs,  and  shall  report  to  the 
proper  authorities  any  violation  of  any  law  or  ordinance  of  said 
city,  relating  thereto,  and  perform  such  other  duties  appertaining 
to  the  office  as  said  board  shall  require. 

Sec.  378.  Every  building  in  which  plumbing  arrangements  are 
to  be  placed,  shall  be  supplied  with  a  water-closet  for  every  fifteen 
persons,  conveniently  located  and  constantly  supplied  with  water. 
All  water-closets  put  in  after  the  passage  of  these  ordinances 
must  be  supplied  with  water  from  a  special  tank  or  cistern,  not 
used  for  any  other  purpose,  unless  permission  has  first  been  ob- 
tained from  said  board  of  health  to  use  other  fixtures.  They 
shall  in  all  cases  be  connected  directly  with  the  general  or  common 
drain-pipe  of  the  house.  The  use  of  pan-closets  is  hereby  pro- 
hibited. 

Sec.  379.  When  a  water-closet  is  located  ten  or  more  feet  from 
the  soil  or  drain-pipe,  the  trap  must  be  protected  from  siphonage 
by  a  special  air  pipe  of  not  less  than  two  inch  bore.  The  common 
drain-pipe  shall  be  separately  and  independently  connected  with 
the  public  sewer,  wherever  such  sewer  is  provided,  and  if  there  is 
no  such  sewer,  with  a  properly  constructed  cesspool  of  a  capacity 
approved  by  said  board. 

When  the  water-closet  is  located  in  the  cellar  or  basement,  the 
trap  must  be  protected  from  back  air  or  siphonage  by  a  special 
air  pipe  of  not  less  than  two  inch  bore  and  shall  be  carried  up  and 
out  through  the  roof  to  a  distance  of  not  less  than  two  feet  above 
the  roof,  or  more,  if  said  board  of  health  shall  direct,  or  it  may 
be  connected  with  the  soil-pipe  above  the  highest  fixture. 


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From  all  water-closets  above  the  cellar  or  basement,  the  soil- 
pipe  shall  be  carried  up  and  out  through  the  roof,  undiminished 
in  size,  to  a  distance  of  not  less  than  two  feet  above  the  roof,  or 
more,  if  the  said  board  of  health  shall  direct. 

Every  water-closet  shall  be  provided  with  a  local  vent ;  vents 
on  all  closets  above  the  first  closet,  that  enter  main  line,  shall 
be  twelve  inches  above  closet,  and  shall  be  made  of  copper,  cast- 
iron  or  galvanized  iron.  The  diameter  of  this  vent  shall  be :  For 
one  closet,  not  less  than  two  inches ;  for  two  and  not  more  than 
four  closets,  not  less  than  three  inches ;  and  for  any  number  ex- 
ceeding four,  such  increased  diameter  as  said  board  shall  direct. 
They  shall  be  carried  upward  and  into  a  heated  flue,  provided  for 
the  purpose,  or  into  the  kitchen  chimney,  or  in  such  other  manner 
as  said  board,  or  plumbing  inspector,  shall  direct. 

Sec.  380.  Where  it  is  necessary  to  lay  soil  or  drain  pipe  under 
the  ground,  when  within  the  building  said  pipe  shall  not  be  less 
than  four  inches  internal  diameter,  and  it  shall  be  of  a  quality 
known  as  extra  heavy  cast-iron  pipe  or  vitrified  clay  pipe.  The 
pipe  passing  through  the  walls  of  the  building,  and  to  a  distance 
outwardly  of  at  least  five  feet  from  the  inside  face  of  foundation 
walls,  shall  also  be  of  extra  heavy  cast-iron  pipe.  All  cast-iron  pipe 
must  be  sound  and  free  from  holes  and  other  defects,  of  a  uniform 
thickness,  and  of  not  less  than  the  weights  specified  below  for  the 
corresponding  diameters,  and  before  use  shall  be  thoroughly 
coated  inside  and  out  with  coal-tar  or  an  equivalent  substance. 

INTERNAL  DIAMETER. 

Ordinary  Cast-iron  Pipe.  Extra  Heavy  Cast-iron  Pipe. 

2  inches,     SjA  lbs.  per  foot.  2  inches.     5^  lbs.  per  foot. 

3  inches,     4>-S  lbs.  per  foot.  3  inches,     9^  lbs.  per  foot. 

4  inches,     6^  lbs.  per  foot.  4  inches,  13      lbs.  per  foot. 

5  inches,     8      lbs.  per  foo-t.  5  inches,  17      lbs.  per  foot. 

6  inches,  10      lbs.  per  foot.  6  inches,  20      lbs.  per  foot. 

When  earthenware  pipe  is  used  inside  of  any  building,  it  shall 
be  made  of  the  best  hard  burned  vitrified  clay  and  shall  not  be 
less  than  four  inches  in  internal  diameter;  and  all  such  pipes, 
with  thejr  fittings,  must  be  sound,  free  from  flaws,  splits  or  cracks, 
laid  on  solid  bottom  vv'ith  a  groove  for  each  hub,  in  order  to  give 
the  pipe  a  solid  bearing  throughout  its  entire  length,  and  with  a 


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^rade  of  not  less  than  one-quarter  inch  to  the  foot.  The  space 
between  the  hub  and  pipe  must  be  filled  with  the  best  Portland 
cement  ami  clean,  sharp  sand,  thoroughly  mixed,  dry,  and  water 
enough  afterwards  added  to  give  it  proper  consistency,  before 
applying  between  the  hub  and  pipe.  All  joints  must  be  carefully 
wiped  out  on  inside  of  pipe,  and  all  pipes  must  be  laid  as  direct  as 
possible,  and  all  changes  in  direction  nuist  be  made  with  curved 
pipes  and  all  connections  with  Y  branches  and  with  one  eighth  or 
one-quarter  bends ;  the  main  line  must  have  a  trap  placed  next 
inside  the  cellar  wall  with  four-inch  fresh  air  inlet  just  inside  the 
water  seal  of  trap,  with  a  brass  clean-out  screw.  This  pipe  shall 
be  subject  to  the  same  test  and  rules  as  provided  in  section  395  of 
these  ordinances ;  and  all  pipes  must  be  tested  to  grade  surface.  No 
tile  drain  pipe  shall  be  laid  within  five  feet  of  the  outside  foun- 
dation wall  of  any  building. 

Sec.  381.  Drain  and  soil  pipes,  above  the  ground,  througlr 
which  water  and  sewerage  are  carried  shall  be  of  sound  iron,  wheiT 
within  a  building,  and  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter ;  they  shall 
be  laid  in  trenches  with  uniform  grade,  or  securely  ironed  to  walls, 
or  suspended  to  floor  timbers  by  strong  iron  hangers  (the  space 
between  which  shall  not  exceed  ten  feet),  or  otherwise,  as  the  said 
board  of  health  shall  direct.  They  shall  have  a  fall  toward  the 
drain  or  sewer  and  soil  pipes,  shall  be  carried  out  through  the 
roof,  open  and  undiminished  in  size,  to  a  distance  of  not  less  than 
two  feet  above  the  roof,  or  more,  if  said  board  shall  direct. 
Changes  in  direction  shall  be  made  with  curved  bends,  and  all 
connections  with  pipes  shall  be  made  with  Y  branches. 

Sec.  382.  All  branches  of  soil  or  v^aste  pipe  twelve  feet  or  more 
in  length,  shall  extend  undiminished  in  size  two  feet  above  the 
roof,  and  not  less  than  five  feet  above  the  top  of  any  window 
situated  within  fifteen  feet;  but  waste  pipes  may  be  connected 
with  soil  pipes  above  the  highest  fixtures.  When  two  or  more 
fixtures,  such  as  sinks,  bowls  or  baths,  are  used  on  one  line,  the 
waste  pipe  must  be  of  iron  and  not  less  than  two  inches  in  diam- 
eter. All  pipes  must  be  at  least  two  inches  in  diameter  where 
they  pass  through  the  roof. 

Sec.  383.  There  shall  be  a  house  trap  on  every  drain  at  a  point 
where  it  enters  the  building,  which  shall  be  furnished  with  a  brass 
clean-out.  There  must  also  be  provided  an  inlet  at  least  four 
inches  in  diameter  for  fresh  air  to  enter  the  drain  on  the  house 


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side  of  the  trap.  This  inlet  shall  be  carried  to  the  outer  air  open- 
ing at  such  distance  from  the  nearest  window  as  will  be  satisfac- 
tory to  said  board  of  health,  or  plumbing  inspector,  and  at  a  point 
where  it  cannot  contaminate  the  air  supplied  by  the  cold  air  box. 

No  cold  air  box  for  a  furnace,  steam  or  hot  water  heater,  shall 
be  so  placed  that  it  can  draw  air  from  any  inlet  pipe. 

Sec.  384.  Rain  water  leaders  must  never  be  used  as  soil,  waste 
or  vent  pipes,  nor  shall  any  soil,  waste  or  vent  pipe  be  used  as  a 
leader.  When  the  leaders  are  connected  with  the  sewer  they  shall 
be  separately  trapped. 

Sec.  385.  Sewer  soil  pipes  and  waste  pipe  ventilators  shall  not 
be  constructed  of  brick,  sheet  metal  or  earthenware,  and  chimney 
flues  shall  not  be  used  as  such  ventilators. 

Sec.  386.  Joints  shall  be  packed  with  oakum  and  run  with 
molten  lead,  made  tight  and  thoroughly  caulked;  and  connections 
between  soil  pipes  and  water-closets  must  be  made  with  brass  or 
lead  connections ;  and  connections  between  lead  and  iron  pipes 
shall  be  made  with  heavy  brass  ferrules  properly  soldered  and 
caulked  to  the  iron,  and  lead  pipes  must  be  attached  to  the  fer- 
rules by  wiped  joints. 

Sec.  387.  Every  sink,  basin,  bath  tub,  water-closet,  slop-hop- 
per, and  every  fixture  having  a  waste  pipe  shall  be  furnished  with 
a  trap.  No  waste  pipes  or  traps  from  sinks  or  wash  trays  shall  be 
less  than  one  and  one  half  inches  in  diameter,  and  shall  not  con- 
nect with  the  bend  of  water-closets.  Sanitas  traps  may  be  used 
by  permission  of  said  board ;  when  traps  of  other  make  are  used 
they  shall  be  protected  from  siphonage  or  air  pressure  by  special 
air  pipes  of  a  size  not  less  than  the  waste  pipe,  but  air  pipes  for 
water-closet  traps  shall  be  of  not  less  than  two-inch  bore,  and  must 
be  connected  to  bend  or  trap  under  floor  of  water-closet.  Air 
pipes  shall  be  run  as  directly  as  practicable,  and  all  branch  air 
pipes  from  traps  shall  enter  above  the  fixtures  and  shall  be  of  not 
less  than  two-inch  bore  where  they  pass  through  the  roof.  Two 
or  more  air  pipes  may  be  connected  together  or  with  a  soil  pipe, 
but  in  every  case  of  connection  with  a  soil  pipe,  such  connection 
shall  be  above  the  upper  fixtures  of  the  building.  All  back  air 
vent  pipes  shall  be  of  cast-iron  or  galvanized  wrought  iron.  Na 
air  pipe  shall  be  less  than  one  and  a  quarter  inch  in  diameter,  and 
not  more  than  twenty  feet  shall  be  run  on  any  one  line,  over  twenty 


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feet,  one  and  a  half  inch  in  diameter,  or  more,  as  said  board  of 
health  may  direct. 

Sec.  v388.  Waste  pipes  from  rcfri,c:crators  or  other  receptacles 
in  which  provisions  are  stored,  shall  not  be  connected  with  a  drain, 
soil  pipe  or  other  waste  pipe,  but  shall  have  a  separate  pipe,  prop- 
erly trapped,  and  dischart^e  into  an  open  sink ;  and  in  every  case 
there  shall  be  an  open  trap  (~)r  sink  between  the  tra])  and  the  re- 
frigerator. 

Sec.  389.  Pipes  and  other  fixtures  shall  not  be  covered  or  con- 
cealed from  view  until  the  work  has  been  carefully  examined  by 
the  plumbing-  inspector ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  plumber 
in  charge  of  the  work  to  notify  the  board  of  health  when  the 
work  is  ready  for  inspection.  When  necessarily  placed  within 
partition  walls,  soil  and  waste  pipes  may  be  covered  with  wood- 
work so  fastened  with  screws  as  to  be  easily  removed.  Notice 
shall  be  given  by  the  plumber  in  charge  of  any  plumbing  work  to 
said  board  of  health  w^hen  such  work  is  completed  and  ready  for 
final  inspection,  and  it  shall  then  be  the  duty  of  the  plumbing  in- 
spector to  examine  the  same  and,  if  found  satisfactory,  to  approve 
it. 

Sec.  390.  All  connections  with  water  mains  from  the  street 
main  to  the  curb  line  shall  be  made  \vith  lead  pipe,  known  as  AA 
not  less  than  one-half  inch  in  diameter,  or  galvanized  pipe,  not 
less  than  one  and  one-quarter  inches  in  bore,  inside  measurement. 

Sec.  391.  No  steam,  exhaust  or  drip  pipe,  or  any  overflow 
pipe  from  an  expansion  tank,  shall  connect  with  the  sewer  or  with 
any  house  drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe ;  but  blow-ofif  pipes  may 
discharge  into  a  suitable  tank  or  condenser,  from  which  an  outlet 
to  the  house  drain  must  be  provided. 

Sec.  392.  Suitable  grease  traps  must  be  placed  under  the  sinks 
of  every  hotel,  restaurant,  eating-house  or  other  public  place  where 
cooking  is  done. 

Sec.  393.  Privy  vaults  shall  not  be  connected  with  the  sewer; 
but  self-acting  valves  and  hopper-closets,  with  open  plumbing 
work,  when  located  in  a  back  yard  away  from  the  building,  shall 
be  arranged  so  that  their  contents  will  discharge  directly  into  the 
sewer  pipe.  They  shall  receive  their  water  directly  from  the 
street  or  house. water  mains;  but  they  must  be  so  arranged  as  to  be 
thoroughly  flushed,  with  a  valve  approved  by  the  mspector,  and 
protected  from  freezing,  to  the  satisfaction  of  said  board  of  health. 


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Sec.  394.  The  Durham  system  of  pkimbinq;  may  be  used  by 
permission  from  said  board  of  health. 

Sec.  395.  All  plumbing  must  be  tested  with  the  water  test, 
when  the  weather  will  permit,  otherwise  by  air  pressure  of  not  less 
than  five  pounds  pressure,  by  the  plumber  in  charge  of  the  work, 
in  the  presence  of  the  plumbing  inspector.  All  defects  must  be 
remedied  before  said  work  shall  be  approved. 

Sec.  396.  All  materials  must  be  of  good  quality,  and  the  work 
must  be  done  in  a  thorough  and  workmanlike  manner. 

Sec.  397.  All  persons  having  a  license  ,from  the  department  of 
public  works  to  make  sewer  connections  may  obtain  from  said 
board  of  health  a  license  to  lay  tile  drain  pipes  in  buildings  under 
ground,  upon  complying  with  the  provisions  of  section  398  of  these 
ordinances. 

Sec.  398.  Every  license  granted  under  the  provisions  of  these 
ordinances,  by  said  board  of  health,  may  be  revoked  at  the  pleas- 
ure of  said  board.  For  every  license  granted  under  the  provisions 
of  these  ordinances  there  shall  be  paid  to  said  board  of  health  for 
the  use  of  said  city,  the  sum  of  one  dollar ;  every  license  shall  ex- 
pire on  the  first  Monday  in  Alay. 

Sec.  399.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $20,  nor  more  than  $50  for 
every  such  offense. 


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CHAPTER  XXL 

.  POLICE. 

Sec.  Sec. 

400.  Board    to    inform    itself    as    to      400.     Property  coming  into  hands  of 

efficiency   of   force ;    may   ap-  police ;    chief   to  keep   record 

prove  bill  for  unusual  injury,  of,  etc. 

etc. ;    consultations   in  certain  407.     Ordinance  book. 

cases  to  be  strictly  confiden-  408-409.     Duties  of  police  force  when 

tial.  snow    is    not    removed    from 

401.  Meetings  of  board;   shall  audit  sidewalk,  etc. 

bills  monthly.  410.     Penalty    for    fraudulently    per- 

402.  Members     of     force     to     give  sonating  policeman  or  special 

bonds,  etc.  constable;     resisting     officer, 

403.  Duties    of    members    of    police  etc. ;    sundry   provisions. 

force.  411.     Penalty  for  giving  information 

404.  What  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  with  intent  to  prevent  the  de- 

cause  for  removal.  tection     or     arrest     of     any 

405.  Incidental    expenses    of    police  guilty  or  suspected  person. 

force,  etc. ;  chief  to  keep  ac-      412.     Special    constable    may    be    re- 
count of,  etc.  moved ;   causes   for  removal. 

Sec.  400.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  police  commis- 
sioners to  inform  themselves  of  the  fidelity  and  efifciency  of  every 
member  of  the  force ;  to  report  to  the  board,  in  session,  any  in- 
formation they  may  receive  regarding  the  conduct  of  any  officer, 
together  with  the  names  of  their  informants,  and  to  encourage  and 
sustain  every  police  officer  in  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duty. 

And  they  may,  after  due  inquiry,  approve  a  bill  against  the  city 
to  reimburse  any  police  officer,  in  whole  or  in  part,  for  any  unusual 
injury  to  his  clothing,  received  in  the  judicious  and  faithful  dis- 
charge of  his  duty,  or  for  any  reasonable  expense  incurred  by  him 
in  defending  any  suit  for  his  acts  done  in  the  like  discharge  of 
his  duty,  and  such  bill,  being  approved  and  passed  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  bills,  shall  be  paid  by  the  city. 

The  consultations  of  said  board,  in  reference  to  the  conduct  and 
merits  of  any  police  officer,  shall  be  held  strictly  confidential  and 
kept  secret  by  the  members  of  the  board. 

Sec.  401.  The  board  of  police  commissioners  shall  meet  stat- 
edly on  the  Tuesday  preceding  the  first  Thursday  of  every  month. 


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They  shall  each  month  audit  all  bills  created  in  and  for  said 
^iepartment,  and  cause  those  approved  by  them  to  be  duly  certified 
and  passed  over  to  the  city  clerk,  for  the  approval  of  the  board  of 
finance. 

Sec.  402.  Every  member  of  the  police  force  of  said  city,  ap- 
pointed, reappointed  or  promoted,  shall,  before  he  enters  on  the 
^duties  of  such  appointment,  execute  and  deliver  to  the  treasurer 
,of  said  city,  a  bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  in 
•form  and  with  surety  satisfactory  to  the  ma3^or  of  said  city,  con- 
ditioned for  the  faithful  discharge  of  all  his  duties  as  such  officer. 

The  surety  in  such  bond  shall  be  the  owner  or  owners  of  real 
.estate  in  said  city,  of  the  value  of  at  least  one  thousand  dollars, 
.over  and  above  all  incumbrances. 

But  such  bond  shall  not  in  any  case  be  construed  to  create  or 
-add  to  the  liability  of  said  city  for  any  act  or  neglect  of  such 
.officer. 

Sec.  403.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  member  of  said  force  to 
.conform  strictly  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  board  of 
police  commissioners  and  to  the  ordinances  of  said  city;  to  use 
his  best  endeavors,  at  all  times,  to  prevent  crime,  preserve  the 
•peace,  maintain  good  order,  and  enforce  the  ordinances  of  said 
city;  ito  secure  the  detection,  arrest  and  conviction  of  offenders; 
•,to  make  all  necessary  and  legal  arrests ;  to  encourage  and  assist 
:any  other  member  of  the  force  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty;  to  aid 
•the  mayor  and  execute  his  orders,  as  conservator  of  the  peace  of 
said  city;  to  obey  the  lawful  orders  of  his  superior  officers;  to 
notify  any  person,  whom  he  has  reason  to  suspect  of  intending  to 
commit  a  bfeach  of  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  or  other  criminal 
act,  to  desist ;  to  arrest  without  warrant  any  person  for  such  of- 
fense, when  taken  in  the  act,  or  upon  fresh  information  of  an- 
other, and  take  the  offender  to  a  police  station;  to  furnish  to  the 
proper  prosecuting  officer  the  names  of  witnesses  and  any  informa- 
tion which  may  be  useful  in  securing  the  conviction  of  offenders; 
to  report  to  the  chief,  or  other  officer  in  charge  of  the  police 
office,  any  information  that  may  come  to  his  knowledge,  of  the 
violation  of  these  ordinances,  or  of  any  law,  and  any  other  mat- 
ter that  should  properly  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  chief,  to 
abstain  from  slander,  to  attend  any  fire,  when  not  otherwise  spec- 
ially emplo3'ed  on  duty,  and  assist  in  securing  and  protecting  life 
;and  property,  in  preserving  order,  and  in  preventing  the  obstruc- 


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tion  of  the  tiro  (loparlnicnt  in  tlic  performance  of  its  duties,  and 
to  enforce  the  orders  of  the  chief  and  his  assistants  in  the  prem- 
ises ;  to  report  in  writing  to  the  chief  of  pohce  or  the  board  of 
police  commissioners,  any  breach  of  (hity,  by  any  other  officer,  of 
which  he  has  knowledge;  to  assist  the  coroner  in  the  discharge  of 
his  official  duties ;  and  to  perform  any  other  duty  to  which  he  may 
be  assigned  under  said  rule  or  ordinances. 

Siic.  404.  The  willful  breach  of  any  criminal  law  or  of  any 
ordinance  of  said  city,  or  the  willful  breach  or  neglect  of  any  rule 
of  said  police  department  duly  in  force,  neglect  of  duty,  ineffi- 
ciency, intoxication,  insubordination,  the  willful  neglect  or  refusal 
to  pay  for  personal  or  family  necessaries  purchased  while  in  office, 
so  that  the  city  is  required  to  pay  for  the  same  by  factorizing 
process,  the  willful  and  malicious  circulation  of  any  false  report 
concerning  any  member  of  said  force,  or  any  disgraceful  or  im- 
proper conduct,  calculated  to  impair  the  usefulness  or  efficiency  of 
said  force,  when  done  by  any  member  thereof,  shall  be  deemed  suf- 
ficient cause  for  dismissal  of  the  offender,  or  for  other  punishment 
under  said  rules,  according  to  the  nature  and  gravity  of  the  of- 
fense. 

Sec.  405.  The  chief  of  police  shall  keep  an  acount  of  all 
incidental  expenses  of  the  polic^  force,  and  station  houses,  includ- 
ing any  expenses  incurred  by  any  member  of  said  force  in  pursuing 
any  alleged  offender,  or  in  securing  and  placing  him  in  a  station 
house,  and  in  any  necessary  expense  incurred  in  recovering  or  re- 
storing stolen  property ;  and  at  the  end  of  each  month  he  shall 
make  out  a  bill  for  the  same  against  the  city,  certifying  thereon 
that  the  same  is  correct,  and  present  it  to  the  bo^rd  of  police 
commissioners,  furnishing  vouchers  if  required ;  and  such  bill, 
being  amended  and  approved  by  said  board,  shall  be  passed,  ap- 
proved and  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  other  bills  against  the  city. 

Any  officer  who  shall  have  incurred  any  such  expenses,  shall 
forthwith  make  out  a  bill  of  the  items  and  certify  the  same  to  be 
correct,  over  his  own  signature,  and  present  the  same  to  the  chief. 
The  chief  shall  cause  any  items  of  said  JdIII,  taxable  by  the  city 
court,  to  be  presented  to  said  court  for  taxation,  and  in  his  said 
monthly  bill  he  shall  state  wdiat  portion,  if  any,  of  such  bill  has 
been  paid  to  any  member  of  said  force,  and  by  whom. 

In  no  case  shall  any  police  officer  receive  from  the  clerk  of  the 
city  court  any  payment  of  expenses  or  fees,  as  an  indifferent  per- 
son or  otherwise. 


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Sec.  406.  The  chief  of  poHce,  under  the  direction  of  the  board 
of  poHce  commissioners,  shall  cause  a  list  and  record  to  be  kept 
of  all  property  coming  into  the  hands  of  the  police,  whether  stolen, 
found  or  detained  for  evidence,  with  a  memorandum  of  the  date, 
estimated  value  and  the  officer  or  other  person  to  whom  it  was 
finally  delivered. 

Sec.  407.  The  chief  of  police  shall  cause  a  separate  book,  to 
be  known  as  the  ordinance  book,  to  be  kept  in  the  police  office, 
and  at  all  times  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  officer  of  the  city, 
in  which  shall  be  entered  all  reported  breaches  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances, together  with  the  date,  the  name  of  the  owner  of  the  prem- 
ises, and  other  persons  responsible  for  the  same  so  far  as  known, 
the  nature  of  the  ofifense,  and  the  names  of  one  or  more  witnesses  by 
whom  the  same  may  be  proved,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained. 

Sec.  408.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police  to  instruct 
the  patrolmen  and  all  members  of  the  department  to  report  ail 
violations  of  these  ordinances  regarding  the  removal  of  snow  and 
ice  from  sidewalks  and  gutters  and  the  maintenance  of  sidewalks 
and  gutters  in  a  reasonably  safe  condition.  Each  member  of  the 
department  shall  make  immediate  report  to  the  chief  of  police 
of  all  violations  of  these  ordinances  relating  to  sidewalks  and 
gutters,  together  with  the  names  of  the  person  or  persons  who  are 
responsible  for  such  neglect,  which  report  shall  be  entered  in  the 
ordinance  book.  Said  police  officer  shall  also  notice  and  report  upon 
the  duration  of  such  neglect. 

The  chief  of  police  shall  furnish  a  duplicate  of  such  report  to 
the  city  attorney  and  the  department  of  public  works  to  immedi- 
ately ascertain  the  name  or  names  of  the  owner  of  any  such  prem- 
ises or  of  the  agent  having  the  same  in  charge,  of  of  the  tenant  or 
occupant,  in  all  cases  where  it  appears  that  such  name  or  names 
are  unknown  to  the  police,  and  to  make  a  report  thereof  to  the  chief 
of  police  and  to  the  city  attorney. 

Sec.  409.  Such  police  officer  shall  forthwith  leave  upon  said 
premises,  or  with  the  owner  of  the  same  or  his  agent,  or  at  the 
residence  or  usual  place  of  business  of  such  owner  or  agent,  a  writ- 
ten, printed  or  verbal  notice  that  the  responsible  person  has  in- 
curred the  penalty  prescribed  by  sections  524  and  526  of  the  ordi- 
nance concerning  public  works,. and  will  incur  a  further  penalty  of 
two  dollars  for  every  hour  of  further  delay  to  comply  with  said 
ordinance,  and  that  said  penalty  must  be  paid  to  the  city  attorney. 


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Sec.  410.  Every  person  who  shall  fraudulentl}'  rc[)rescnt  him- 
self to  be  a  policeman,  or  special  constable;  or  shall  fraudulently 
raise  an  alarm  for  the  police,  or  fraudulently  make  use  of  any 
badge,  call  or  signal  adopted  by  the  board  of  police  commission- 
ers for  the  use  of  the  police;  or  resist,  hinder,  obstruct,  villify  or 
abuse  any  police  officer  or  special  constable  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty ;  or  raise  any  call,  or  use  any  signal  to  draw  a  crowd,  or  call 
help,  for  the  purpose  of  hindering  or  obstructing  the  mayor  or  any 
police  officer  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  411.  Every  person  who  shall,  with  intent  to  prevent  the 
detection  or  arrest  of  any  person  guilty  or  suspected  of  any 
offense,  give  any  information  or  cause  any  information  to  be  given 
to  another,  regarding  any  criminal  complaint,  or  any  order  to  any 
member  of  the  police  force,  or  any  intended  action  of  any  police 
officer,  or  of  the  proximity,  position,  or  approach  of  any  police 
officer,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  412.  Any  special  constable,  appointed  by  the  board  of 
police  commissioners,  may  be  removed  by  said  board  at  any  time, 
and  if  he  shall  willfully  violate  any  ordinance  of  said  city,  or  shall 
exercise  his  office  to  aid,  protect  or  secure  any  other  person  in  vio- 
lating any  such  ordinance  or  any  law  of  this  state,  he  shall  be  re- 
moved from  said  office. 

police  alarm  telegraph. 

Sec.  413  (a).  No  person  shall  cut  any  police  alarm  telegraph 
wire,  or  shall  destroy,  deface,  or  in  any  manner  injure  the  police 
alarm  telegraph,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  said  city,  or  any  of  the 
appurtenances  of  the  same,  or  shall  interfere  with,  or  do  anything 
to  the  same,  so  as  to  prevent  or  delay  the  proper  or  timely  use 
thereof. 

(b).  No  person  shall  open  any  signal-box  connected  with  the 
police  alarm  telegraph  except  by  the  authority  of,  and  with  the 
key  furnished  by,  the  chief  of  police. 

(c).  No  person  shall  have,  or  keep  in  his  possession  without 
permission  from  the  chief  of  police,  any  signal-box  key. 


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CHAPTER  XXII. 


PUBLIC  CONVEYANCES. 


Sec. 

414.  To     what    vehicles     ordinances 

apply. 

415.  Chief  of   police  to   appoint   in- 

spector and  to  issue  licenses 
for  suitable  vehicles. 

416.  Passenger      vehicles      to     have 

number  on  pole  or  shaft  and 
on  lamps;  lamps  to  be  light- 
ed ;  when. 

417.  Passenger     vehicles     to     have 

card  inside  containing  name 
of  owner,  number  of  license 
and  section  431. 

418.  Vehicles,  except  for  conveyance 

of  passengers,  to  have  name 
of  owner  painted  on  exterior, 
etc.  , 

419.  Drivers    to    be    licensed. 

420.  Driver   to   wear    number   of    li- 

cense ;  to  give  his  name,  etc., 
to    inquirer. 

421.  Chief    of    police    may    transfer 

license. 

422.  Stands  for  passenger  vehicles. 

423.  Stands  for  express  and  baggage 

wagons. 

424.  How  vehicles  shall  be  placed  at 

stands. 

425.  Mayor     may     designate     other 

stands ;   when. 

426.  Vehicles    not    to    wait    for    em- 

ployment except  at  stands, 
etc. ;  employment  not  to  be 
solicited  upon  private  prop- 
erty, etc. 

427.  Vehicles     not     to     stand     near 

crosswalk :  openings  at  en- 
trances to  depots,  etc. 

428.  Police  may  direct  driver,  etc. 


Sec. 

429.  Railroad  officials  may  designate 

place  for  drivers  to  stand 
w'hile  waiting  for  employ- 
ment; conduct  of  drivers 
while  soliciting  employment. 

430.  How  baggage  is  to  be  delivered. 

431.  Tariff  of  rates  for  passenger  ve- 

hicles. 

432.  Tariff  of  rates  for  express  wag- 

ons, etc. 

433.  Penalty  for  refusing  to  pay  es- 

tablished   fare. 

434.  Baggage  to  be  delivered   with- 

out charge. 

435.  Drivers  to  accommodate  appli- 

cants in  order  of  their  appli- 
cations. 
43G.     Drivers  under  engagement,  fail- 
ing of  employment,  to  receive 
half  fare. 

437.  Penalty    for    obliterating    cards 

or  transferring  number  of  li- 
cense. 

438.  Penalty    for    use    of    unlicensed 

vehicles  or  failure  to  have 
number  of  license  painted  on 
pole,    lamps,    etc. 

439.  Penalty     if     driver     is     not     li- 

censed. 

440.  General  penalty. 

441.  When  license  may  be  revoked. 

442.  Duties  and  powers  of  inspector. 

443.  Railroad    and    steamboat    com- 

panies to  post  tables  of  fare, 
etc. :  scales  for  weighing  bag- 
gage 


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Sec.  Sec. 

444.     Power  of  mayor   to   direct   ap-      44.-).     Ordinance  do  public  conveyance 

proacli    to    landing,    etc..    and  to  l)C  printed  and   distributed 

route  to  be  followed  on  .spec-  free. 

ial    occasions. 

Sec.  414.  All  vehicles  which  are  let  for  hire  for  the  convey- 
ance of  passengers,  which  shall  reqtiire  the  employment  of  a  driver 
who  is  not  the  hirer  of  the  team,  and  all  vehicles  tised  or  employed 
for  the  transportation  of  articles  from  place  to  place  in  said  city 
for  hire,  shall  be  subject  to  these  ordinances,  and  to  the  ordinance 
concerning  licenses  and  permits ;  except  that  this  ordinance  enti- 
tled "Ptiblic  Conveyances"  shall  not  apply  to  any  cars  run  upon 
rails  in  the  streets  of  the  city  under  charter  rights. 

Sec.  415.  The  chief  of  police  shall  detail  a  sergeant  of  police 
as  "inspector  of  public  conveyances."  Said  chief  of  police  shall, 
upon  due  application,  and  upon  the  recommendation  of  said  in- 
spector endorsed  upon  said  application,  issvie  a  license,  as  provided 
in  the  ordinance  concerning  licenses  and  permits,  to  the  owner 
of  any  suitable  vehicle.  No  vehicle  shall  be  licensed  which  is  not 
suitable  to  the  uses  for  which  the  license  is  applied.  Each  license 
shall  designate  the  use  for  which  the  vehicle  is  licensed. 

Sec.  416.  Every  licensed  vehicle  for  the  carriage  of  passengers 
shall  have  its  number  painted  upon  it  on  the  pole  or  shafts  in  a 
manner  approved  by  the  said  inspector.  No  person  shall  drive 
such  vehicle  until  a  number  corresponding  with  the  number  of  the 
license  has  been  painted  upon  it.  Every  such  vehicle  which  shall 
solicit  passengers  in  the  public  thoroughfares,  or  shall  be  waiting 
on  the  public  stand,  shall  also  have  lamps  on  each  side,  which 
lamps  shall  be  kept  trimmed  and  burning  while  at  said  stand, 
during  the  night  season,  and  during  employment.  All  licensed 
passenger  vehicles  which  shall  solicit  passengers  in  the  public 
thoroughfares,  or  shall  be  waiting  on  the  public  stands,  shall 
also  have  the  number  of  the  carriage  license  in  figures  in  the 
Arabic  character  of  not  less  than  two  inches  in  size,  cut  in  stencil 
or  painted  in  black  on  glass  on  the  side  of  both  lamps  towards  the 
sidewalk,  so  that  the  number  can  be  plainly  seen  therefrom.  The 
number  on  said  lamp  shall  also  correspond  with  the  number  of  the 
license  and  the  number  painted  on  the  pole  or  shafts. 

Sec.  417.  Every  licensed  passenger  vehicle  shall  at  all  times 
have  conspicuously  posted  on  the  inside  of  the  vehicle,  at  least  two 


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feet  above  the  seat,  m  a  manner  approved  by  the  inspector  and  so 
as  to  be  easily  seen  and  read  by  the  passengers,  a  card  containing 
the  name  of  the  owner,  number  of  the  hcense,  and  a  copy  of  sec- 
tion 431  oi  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  418.  Every  licensed  vehicle,  except  those  for  the  convey- 
ance of  passengers,  shall  have  the  name  of  the  owner,  and  the 
number  thereof,  distinctly  and  legibly  painted  in  a  light  color  on 
a  dark  ground  on  the  exterior  of  each  side  of  the  vehicle,  in  char- 
acters not  less  than  four  inches  in  size,  in  a  number  approved  by 
said  inspector. 

Sec.  419.  Said  chief  shall,  in  like  manner,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  said  inspector  endorsed  upon  the  application,  license 
drivers,  on  being  satisfied  that  each  licensee  is  capable,  discreet, 
temperate  and  honest.  Said  licensee  shall  be  numbered,  and  shall 
specify  the  kind  of  vehicle  which  the  licensee  is  authorized  to  drive. 

Sec.  420.  Every  licensed  driver  shall  at  all  times  while  em- 
ployed or  seeking  or  waiting  for  employment,  or  in  any  manner 
in  charge  of  a  passenger  or  express  vehicle,  wear  upon  his  left 
breast,  exposed  to  view,  a  metal  badge  two  inches  in  diameter,  on 
which  shall  be  stamped  or  cut  the  number  of  his  license  in  figures 
at  least  one  and  one-half  inches  in  length.  No  driver  shall  use 
the  badge  of  another  driver.  Every  driver  shall  give  to  any  one 
requiring  it.  his  name  and  residence,  and  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  owner  of  the  vehicle,  and  shall  show  his  badge. 

Sec.  421.  Said  chief  may.  on  due  application,  transfer  the 
license  for  any  vehicle  to  another  owner  of  the  same,  and  the 
license  of  one  driver  to  another  driver  on  application  of  the  person 
who  paid   for  the  license. 

Sec.  422.  The  following  places  ni  said  cit}-  are  designated  as 
the  stands  whereat  said  public  carriages  for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers  may  at  all  times  stand  waiting  for  employment,  except 
on  the  Sabbath,  viz. : 

1.  College  street,  west  side,  between  Chapel  and  Elm  streets. 

2.  Chapel  street,  north  side,  between  College  street  and  a  point 
one  hundred  feet  east  from  the  northeast  corner  of  College  and 
Chapel  streets. 

3.  Center  street,  south  side,  from  Church  street  to  Gregson, 
from  10  o'clock  p.  m.  to  6  o'clock  a.  m. 

4.  Center  street,  north  side,  two  hundred  feet  east  from  Church 
street,  from  10  o'clock  p.  m.  to  6  o'clock  a.  m. 


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5.  Union  street,  east  side,  between  Fair  and  Wooster  streets. 

6.  State  street,  both  sides,  south  of  Custom  House  s(|uare.  and 
Union  avenue,  southeast  side,  between  State  street  and  the  i^en- 
tlemrn's  entrance  ti)  the  passengers"  waitinj;'  room  of  the  New 
York.  Xew  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  companx's  depot,  leav- 
ing such  an  openino-.  not  less  than  twenty  feet  in  width,  opposite 
the  mail  and  baggage  gate,  north  of  the  depot,  as  may  be  desig- 
nated, pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance ;  also  the 
northwest  side  of  said  avenue,  between  State  street  and  a  point 
ten  feet  northcrl}-  of  the  crosswalk  between  the  cast  side  of 
Meadow  street  and  the  depot;  all  the  aforesaid  parts  of  State 
street  and  Union  avenue  (with  the  exception  aforesaid)  shall  also 
be  a  stand  for  express  wagons,  baggage  wagons,  omnibuses  and 
stages,  except  that  part  of  the  northwest  side  of  said  avenue  which 
is  south  of  the  northerly  side  of  said  gentlemen's  entrance  to  the 
passengers'  waiting  room,  which  shall  be  exclusively  for  public 
carriages. 

There  shall  be  open  passways  ten  feet  in  width  across  the  side- 
walk between  the  carriage-way  of  Union  avenue  and  the  two  en- 
trances to  the  main  waiting  room  of  the  passenger  depot ;  also  the 
same  width  of  open  passways  between  said  carriage- way  and  the 
large  entrances  to  the  cars,  through  and  near  each  end  of  the 
depot  building.  The  curb  end  of  the  center  line  of  each  of  said 
four  passways  shall  be  at  the  point  on  the  curb  equi-distant  from 
the  two  iron  columns  opposite  each  of  said  entrances.  Next  on 
each  side  of  said  passways  a  space  three  feet  in  width  from  the 
carriage-way  side  of  the  curb  to  a  line  to  be  designated  by  railing, 
paint  or  otherwise,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  set  ofT  as  stands  where 
drivers  of  public  passenger  carriages  and  express  or  baggage 
wagons  may  stand  and  solicit  employment.  The  length  of  said 
spaces  or  stands  shall  be  as  follows,  viz. : 

On  the  southwesterly  side  of  the  open  passway  to  the  entrance 
to  the  railroad,  near  the  southwesterly  end  of  the  depot  building, 
the  length  of  the  stand  is  and  shall  be  twenty  feet,  and  on  the 
northeasterly  side  of  the  same  passway  the  length  of  the  stand  is 
and  shall  be  twelve  feet.  On  each  side  of  the  two  open  passways 
to  the  two  entrances  to  the  waitmg  room  of  the  depot  the  length 
of  each  of  the  stands  is  and  shall  be  twenty  feet.  On  the  south- 
westerly side  of  the  open  passway  to  the  northeasterly  entrance  to 
the  railroad,  near  the  southeasterly  end  of  the  depot  building,  the 


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length  of  the  stand  is  and  shall  be  twenty  feet,  and  o!i  the  north- 
easterly side  of  the  same  passway  the  length  of  the  stand  is  and 
shall  be  fourteen  feet.  And  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  said 
passenger  depot  no  owner,  driver  or  other  person  shall  solicit,  nego- 
tiate for  or  receive  employment  for  a  public  carriage  of  any  descrip- 
tion except  while  standing  on  and  within  the  lines  of  one  of  the 
stands  above  designated. 

Such  openings  shall  be  left  at  the  railroad  depot  in  Union  ave- 
nue, and  at  any  other  railroad  depot,  as  shall  be  designated  by  the 
chief  of  police,  w'ith  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  mayor,  for  the 
accommodation  of  the  United  States  mail  wagons. 

Sec.  423.  The  following  places  in  said  city  are  designated  as 
stands  for  express  and  baggage  wagons  exclusively : 

The  west  side  of  Union  street,  between  Wooster  and  Fair 
streets ;  Chapel  street,  north  side,  between  College  street  and  a 
point  228  feet  west  of  the  w^est  line  of  the  roadway  of  Temple 
street. 

The  driver  of  any  such  express  or  baggage  wagon  shall  be  re- 
quired to  remain  upon  said  wagon  or  alongside  thereof  while  said 
wagon  shall  remain  upon  the  public  stand. 

Sec.  424.  The  chief  of  police  shall  fix  and  determine  the 
number  of  vehicles  which  can  be  reasonably  accommodated  at  the 
same  time  at  any  of  said  stands. 

No  such  vehicle  shall  stand  abreast  or  alongside  of  another, 
upon,  at  or  near  any  of  said  stands,  but  all  such  vehicles,  when 
upon  any  stand,  w-aiting  for  employment,  shall  be  drawn  up  in  a 
single  line,  with  the  right  side  next  to  the  sidewalk,  and  as  near 
thereto  as  practicable,  and  so  as  not  unnecessarily  to  obstruct  the 
public  travel. 

Every  driver  resorting. to  such  stands  shall  close  up  in  line  from 
^  the  front  in  such  a  way  as  to  accommodate  the  full  number,  and 
any  driver  resorting  to  a  stand,  and  finding  it  full,  shall  drive  im- 
mediately away. 

Sec.  425.  In  case  any  of  said  stands  shall  be  required  for  any 
work  of  public  improvement,  the  mayor  of  said  city  may  designate 
other  suitable  stands  as  substitutes  therefor.  And  he  may  desig- 
nate other  suitable  stands  for  hacks,  omnibuses,  baggage  wagons 
or  drays,  or  vehicles  of  like  character,  whenever  in  his  opinion  the 
public  interest  shall  require  it,  causing  the  city  clerk  to  make  a 
record  of  the  same. 


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Sec.  426.  N'o  licensed  vehicle  shall  stand  in  any  street  in  the 
city,  waitintj  for  employinent,  except  at  stands  desig"nated  in  these 
ordinances  or  by  their  authority.  Xor  shall  any  driver  be  at  any 
time  more  than  ten  feet  from  his  vehicle  while  it  remains  upon 
the  public  stand,  except  where  special  places  are  designated  in 
these  ordinances  for  drivers  to  solicit  employment. 

Xo  person  shall  solicit,  negotiate  for,  or  receive  employment, 
for  any  licensed  vehicle  upon  private  property,  except  with  the 
consent  of  the  owner  or  manager  of  the  property,  provided  that 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  any  such 
vehicle  from  standing  in  front  of  the  premises  of  the  owner,  on 
the  same  side  of  the  street,  or  in  front  of  the  premises  of  any  other 
person  or  persons  by  particular  agreement  with  such  person  or 
persons,  and  with  the  consent  in  writing  of  the  chief  of  police. 

Sec.  427.  No  vehicle,  or  the  animals  attached  thereto,  shall 
stand  within  ten  feet  of  any  crosswalk. 

Openings  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  feet  shall  at  all  times  be 
left  on  each  side  of  the  entrance  designated  for  passengers  at  any 
depot,  and  of  the  main  entrance'  to  any  place  where  there  may  be 
a  large  gathering  of  people,  for  the  accommodation  of  vehicles 
arriving  and  departing  with  passengers ;  and  the  driver  of  any 
carriage,  public  or  private,  discharging  or  receiving  passengers  at 
such  policeman  may  so  move  such  vehicle,  and  the  horses  attached 
drive  immediately  away.  Xo  driver  shall  leave  his  seat  upon  the 
vehicle  which  he  drives  while  he  remains  in  line  with  other  car- 
riages while  waiting  to  discharge  or  receive  passengers. 

Sec.  428.  Any  policeman  may  direct  any  driver  to  move  his 
vehicle  or  horses  so  as  to  conform  to  these  ordinances,  and  on  his 
neglect  or  refusal,  or  in  case  any  vehicle  be  found  without  a  driver, 
such  policeman  may  so  move  such  vehicle",  and  the  horses  attached 
thereto.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  driver  to  comply  with 
the  reasonable  direction  of  any  police  officer,  so  as  best  to  accom- 
modate the  public. 

Sec.  429.  The  officers  of  any  railroad  or  steamboat  company 
may  designate  a  particular  place,  in  their  depot  or  premises,  for 
each  owner  or  driver  of  a  passenger  carriage  or  baggag;e  wagon,  in 
which  he  may  stand  waiting  for  employment.  No  such  owner, 
driver  or  other  person,  shall  solicit  or  negotiate  for  employment 
wdiile  the  passengers  are  passing  mto  the  street  from  any  car  or 
steamboat,    unless    such    owner,    driver    or    other   person,    shall    be 


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standing  in  the  place  assigned  in  accordance  with  this  ordinance, 
or  sitting  upon  his  carriage  or  wagon.  Xo  such  owner  or  driver 
shall  while  employed,  or  waiting  for  or  seeking  emplovnient,  use 
any  indecent,  profane,  insulting  or  loud  language,  or  utter  any 
shout,  or  touch,  or  get  in  the  way  of  any  passenger,  or  seek,  or 
negotiate  for  any  employment  in  any  other  way  than  by  being  in 
his  place  and  showing  his  card,  or  interfere  with  any  owner  or 
driver  negotiating  for  employment,  or  be  guilty  of  any  noisy  or 
disorderly  conduct  likely  to  annoy  others. 

Sec.  430.  Baggage  must  be  delivered  at  and  taken  from  the 
place,  and  carried  out  or  in  by  the  passage  designated  by  the 
proper  officer  of  any  railroad  or  steamboat  company. 

Sec.  431.  Xo  owner  or  driver  of  any  vehicle  for  carrying 
passengers  shall  charge,  demand  or  in  any  way  receive  for  carrying 
passengers  within  the  limits  of  the  city  as  the  same  existed  on 
January  1st,  1897,  more  than  the  following  prices  or  rates,  viz. : 

For  the  carrying  of  a  single  passenger  with  one  trunk  and  hand 
baggage  from  any  railroad  depot,  steamboat  landing,  or  other 
point  or  place  within  said  limits  to  any  railroad  depot,  steamboat 
landing,  or  other  point  or  place  within  said  limits,  fifty  cents.  And 
for  each  mile  or  fraction  thereof  beyond  said  limits,  and  within 
said  city,  twenty-five  cents  additional. 

For  the  carriage  of  two  persons,  with  the  amount  of  baggage 
stated  above  for  each,  from  any  railroad  depot,  steamboat  landing. 
or  other  point  or  place  within  said  city  limits  as  the  same  existed 
on  January  1st.  1897,  to  any  other  point,  place  or  destination 
within  said  limits  as  stated  above,  at  the  same  time,  seventy-five 
cents,  and  for  each  additional  passenger  and  his  baggage  as  above 
stated,  twenty-five  cents.  And  for  each  mile  or  fraction  thereof 
beyond  said  limits  and  within  said  city,  twenty-five  cents  additional 
for  each  passenger.     For  each  additional  trunk,  ten  cents. 

For  carrying  a  child  over  four  and  under  ten  years  of  age.  one- 
half  the  above  rates.  For  a  carriage  to  and  from  a  party  or  a 
wedding  within  the  city  limits,  three  dollars.  For  a  carriage  to 
and  from  a  funeral,  three  dollars.  For  the  use  of  a  hack  or  simi- 
lar vehicle,  and  two  horses,  two  dollars  per  hour,  and  at  that  rate 
for  fractions  of  an  hour. 

Sec.  432.  Xo  owner  or  driver  of  any  baggage  wagon  or  express 
wagon,  or  other  vehicle  for  the  carriage  of  baggage  or  goods  of  any 
kind  from  place  to  place  in  said  city  limits,  shall  charge,  demand 
or  in  any  way  receive  more  than  the  following  rates  or  prices,  viz. : 


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For  the  carriaj^e  of  any  trunk,  chest,  or  other  atricle  of  bapfg^age, 
or  any  box.  bundle  or  packa.q-e  of  jroods  of  any  kind  not  exceeding 
sixty  pounds  in  weight,  from  any  |)()int  or  place  witliin  the  city 
limits  as  die  same  existed  on  January  1st.  1S97,  to  anv  point  or 
place  within  said  limits,  twenty-five  cents,  and  each  mile  or  frac- 
tion thereof  beyond  said  limits  and  within  said  citv.  ten  cents, 
and  above  that  weight  two  cents  for  every  additional  ten  pounds 
or  fraction  thereof.  For  each  additional  trunk,  chest,  box,  bundle, 
package,  or  other  article,  ten  cents. 

For  the  use  of  an  express  wagon  or  baggage  wagon,  for  one 
entire  day.  five  dollars,  and  at  that  rate  for  half  a  dav. 

For  the  use  of  the  same  by  the  hour  for  any  period  of  time  less 
than  half  a  day.  fifty  cents  per  hour,  and  at  that  rate  for  fractions 
of  an  hour. 

For  moving  a  chest  of  tools  from  any  point  or  place  within  said 
city  limits  as  the  same  existed  January  1st,  1897,  to  any  point  or 
place  within  said  limits,  fifty  cents,  and  for  each  mile  or  fraction 
of  a  mile  beyond  said  limits,  ten  cents  additional. 

The  limits  of  the  city  as  they  existed  on  January  1st,  1897.  are 
for  practical  purposes,  as  follows : 

Quinnipiac  river  on  the  east,  Hamden  on  the  north  to  a  point 
600  feet  west  of  the  center  line  of  Dixwell  avenue,  thence  parallel 
with  600  feet  from  Dixwell  avenue,  to  a  point  200  feet  northerly 
of  the  center  of  Munson  street,  thence  westerly  to  center  of  Whal- 
ley  avenue  bridge  over  West  river,  thence  following  the  West  river 
to  the  harbor. 

Sec.  433.  Any  person  wdio  shall  employ  any  licensed  vehicle  in 
said  city  to  carry  any  person  or  property,  and  shall  refuse  to  pay 
the  just  and  established  fare  therefor,  or  the  fare  previously 
agreed  to  be  paid  therefor,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not 
more  than  five  dollars  for  every  such  ofifense. 

Sec.  434.  Every  such  driver  shall  take  the  baggage  or  other 
goods  of  the  person  for  whom  he  may  be  employed,  from  the  place 
in  which  it  may  be  deposited,  and  deliver  the  same  upon  the 
steamboat  or  to  the  proper  baggage  master,  or  carry  the  same  into 
any  part  of  the  basement,  first  or  second  story  of  the  building  to 
which  it  is  destined,  as  the  case  may  be.  without  extra  charge. 

Sec.  435.  Every  driver  of  any  licensed  public  vehicle  shall, 
while  in  a  stand  for  employment,  be  held  to  accommodate,  at  all 
reasonable  times,  those  who  may  apply  to  him,  in  the  order  of  such 


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application,  and  any  such  driver  who  shall  refuse  to  accommodate 
any  such  person  or  persons,  as  aforesaid,  at  such  rates  of  fare  as 
are  provided  in  this  ordinance,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
five  dollars  for  every  such   offense. 

Sec.  436.  Every  such  driver  being  engaged  to  go  to  any  place 
in  said  city  for  employment,  and  going  to  such  place,  but  failing  of 
employment  without  any  fault  of  his  own,  shall  be  entitled  to 
demand  and  receive  of  the  person  so  engaging  him  one-half  of  the 
fare  established  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  437.  Every  person  who  shall  willfully  obliterate,  deface, 
remove,  reverse,  cover  over,  or  by  any  contrivance  conceal  or  ren- . 
der  illegible  any  card  placed  in  a  licensed  vehicle  for  passengers, 
or  any  number  or  numbers  in  any  licensed  vehicle,  as  provided  in 
this  ordinance,  or  transfer  such  card  or  number  to  another  vehicle, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  five  dollars  for 
every"  such  ofifense. 

Sec.  438.  Every  owner  of  any  vehicle  who  shall  use  or  employ 
the  same  for  hire,  or  suffer  the  same  to  be  used  or  employed,  with- 
out a  license  in  force  therefor,  or  without  the  number  of  the 
license  painted  on  the  pole  or  shaft  to  the  approval  of  the  mspector, 
or  without  the  number  on  the  lamps  when  recjuired  by  this  ordi- 
nance, or  where  there  are  no  lamps,  on  the  sides  of  the  vehicles  as 
required  by  the  inspector,  or  the  card  required  by  section  417 
posted  inside  the  vehicle,  or  without  a  license  in  force  for  the  driver, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  day  in  which 
the  same  shall  be  so  used  or  employed. 

Sec.  439.  Every  person  who  shall  act  as  driver  of  or  solicit 
employment  for  any  vehicle  included  within  the  requirements  of 
these  ordinances,  or  who  has  not  himself  a  license  in  force  to  drive 
the  kind  of  vehicle  which  he  is  driving  or  soliciting  employment 
for.  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more 
than  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  440.  Every  person  guilty  of  any  breach  or  non-compliance 
with  this  ordinance,  for  which  no  penalty  is  provided  aforesaid, 
shall  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  one  nor  more  than  ten  dollars 
for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  441.  In  addition  to  the  penalties  aforesaid,  the  license  foi 
any  of  the  aforesaid  vehicles  may  be  revoked  if  it  becomes  unfit  for 
the  purposes  for  which  it  is  licensed,  or  for  any  failure  to  com- 
ply with  this  ordinance,  permitted  by  the  owner  thereof,  and  the 


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license  of  any  (lri\er  may  be  revoked  for  any  failure  by  him  to  con- 
form with  this  ordinance,  or  with  the  ordinance  prescribin^f  the 
manner  of  driving  in  the  streets  of  said  city,  or  for  any  other  mis- 
construed to  lessen  the  duty  of  any  police  officer  to  note  and  report 
driver. 

The  chief  of  police  may  at  any  time  revoke  any  such  license  as 
aforesaid,  subject  to  appeal  as  provided  in  the  ordinance  concern- 
ing-  licenses  and  permits,  and  until  such  revocation  is  disapproved 
by  a  vote  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  the  license  so  revoked  shall 
cease  to  be  in  force. 

Sec.  442.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector  of  public  con- 
veyances to  inspect  all  vehicles  for  which  application  is  made  for 
license,  and  to  report  upon  the  same  to  the  chief  of  police. 

The  inspector  shall  have  the  right  to  visit  all  places  where 
licensed  vehicles  are  kept,  and  to  inspect  such  vehicles  wherever 
found.  He  shall  also  see  that  the  drivers  obey  all  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance  and  of  other  ordinances  of  the  city.  He  shall 
report  forthwith  each  and  every  breach  by  the  licensee  of  the 
conditions  of  such  license,  or  of  any  ordinance  relating  to  such 
business,  and  to  report  at  least  once  each  year  whether  all  such 
vehicles  and  drivers  are  conforming  to  lavv  ;  which  yearly  report 
shall  be  kept  by  the  chief  on  file.  But  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  to  lessen  the  duty  of  any  police  officer  to  note  and  report 
any  breach  of  law. 

Sec.  443.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  railroad  company  and 
of  every  steamboat  company  to  keep  a  table  containing  the  afore- 
said rates  of  fares,  and  a  notice  of  violations  of  the  same  may  be 
complained  of  at  the  office  of  the  chief  of  police,  conspicuously 
posted  in  their  depot  or  landing  place  in  said  city ;  and  they  shall 
also  keep  scales  for  weighing  baggage  of  passengers. 

Sec.  444.  The  mayor  shall  designate  by  an  order  to  be  re- 
corded in  the  city  records,  the  direction  from  which  drivers  shall 
approach  any  place  of  landing,  or  receiving  passengers  or  goods  to 
claim  precedence  in  the  order  of  their  arrival,  and  such  order  shall 
have  all  the  force  and  efifect  of  an  ordinance. 

The  mayor  may  make  special  orders  relating  to  large  gather- 
ings, by  advertisement  in  one  or  more  local  papers,  designating  the 
route  by  which  all  carriages,  both  public  and  private,  shall  ap- 
proach to  leave  its  passengers  and  call  for  them,  and  if  necessary 
extra  policemen    shall    be    detailed  to  direct  the  line  of  carriages 


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while  waiting-,  and  to  designate  the  position  wliich  each  carriage 
shall  occupy.  And  if  any  owner,  driver  or  other  persons  having 
the  care  of  any  such  carriage  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  obey  such 
directions,  or  be  guilty  of  a  breach  or  non-compliance  of  any  part 
of  this  section,  he  shall  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  five  dollars. 
Sec.  445.  The  chapter  of  ordinances  with  these  amendments 
headed  "Public  Conveyances"  and  the  part  of  section  313  relating 
to  licenses  of  public  conveyances  and  drivers,  shall  be  printed  and 
distributed  free  by  the  city  to  all  persons  licensed  to  drive 
passenger    vehicles. 


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CHAPTER  XXIII. 


PUBLIC  WORKS. 


Sec. 

446.  Director   of   public   works ;    liis 

powers    and    duties. 

447.  To  keep  a  time-book;  addition- 

al duties. 

448.  Care   and   custody   of   property 

left  on  the  sidewalks  or  pub- 
lic   lands. 

449.  Clerk      of      said      department ; 

duties. 

450.  City  engineer;   duties. 

451.  Parades  and  processions ;  pow- 

er of  mayor  de ;  regulations 
to  be  published. 

452.  Police   to   enforce   regulations. 

SEWERS     AND     DRAINS. 

453.  Sewers  to  be  laid  along  center 

lines  of  streets;  duty  of  per- 
sons  and   corporations. 

454.  Before  sewer  is  contracted  for ; 

duty  of  city  engineer. 

455.  Private    sewers,    etc..    must    be 

connected  with  public  sew- 
ers ;  connection  of  private 
sewers  or  drains  with  public 
sewers,  etc.,  to  be  made  by 
special  license  from  director 
of  public  works. 

456.  Steam    and    hot    water    not    to 

discharge  into  public  sewers, 
etc. 

457.  Connections    of    cesspools    and 

privy  vaults  with  public 
sewers. 

458.  Catch-basins  or  cesspools  not  to 

be  constructed  in  street. 

459.  Private  sewers  and  drains  con- 

necting with  public  sewers  to 
be   trapped. 


Sec. 
460. 


461. 


462. 


463. 


464. 

465. 
466. 


467. 


468. 


469. 


470. 


Only  licensed  persons  to  make 
connections,  etc. ;  city  engi- 
neer may  stop  up  private 
sewers  in  certain  cases ;  pen- 
alty for  re-opening  sewer  or 
drain. 

Connection  by  pipes  larger  than 
six  inches  in  diameter  re- 
quire consent  of  director  of 
public  works. 

Grade  of  private  sewers,  etc. ; 
description  of  traps  for  pri- 
vate   sewers. 

Only  one  house  may  connect  by 
each  drain  with  the  public 
sewers,  except  by  special  per- 
mit. 

Manner  of  opening  streets,  for 
sewer  connections,  etc. 

Injuring  catch-basins,   etc. 

Throwing  filthy  substances  in- 
to catch-basin,  etc. 


Penalty  for  opening  street  ex- 
cept by  order  of  the  court  of 
common    council. 

Proprietors  of  lands  fronting 
on  streets  to  be  notified  "be- 
fore pavement  is  laid ;  con- 
nections with  sewer,  water 
and  gas  mains. 

Director  of  public  works  may 
make  such  connection  if  his 
notice  is  neglected,  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the 
board  of  aldermen. 

No  person  to  excavate  a  street 
or  take  up  pavement,  with- 
out a  permit  from  the  direc- 
tor of  public  works. 


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Sec.  Sec. 

471.  Director    may    license    persons      490. 

to     make     connections     with 
sewer,    and    water    and    gas 
mains ;     bond     to     indemnify      491. 
city. 

472.  Excavations  to  be  made  under      492. 

direction  of  director ;   charge 
for    supervision. 

473.  Excavations    to   be   refilled    un-      493. 

der   supervision   of   director. 

474.  Duty     of     person     taking     up 

pavement    to    restore    same. 

475.  Department  of  public  works  to 

restore     pavement     with     ce-      494. 
ment     or     concrete     founda- 
tion. 

476.  If  work  of  restoring  pavement      495. 

is   improperly  done,  power  of 
director  in  the  premises. 

477.  Power    of    director    to    revoke 

licenses. 

478.  Excavations    in    streets    to    be      496. 

enclosed    and    lighted. 

479.  Timber,     etc..     carted     through 

streets    to    be    supported    on      497. 
w^heels,  etc. 

480.  Cutting     of     sods     or     turf     in 

streets,  etc.,  prohibited.  498. 

481.  Excavated   material    not    to    be 

taken   from  streets.  499. 

482.  Coal    or   fire   wood   not    to    re- 

main   in    streets ;    sawing    or      500. 
splitting  wood  in  streets.  501. 

483.  Streets   and   squares   not  to   be      502. 

obstructed. 

484.  Drawbridges  to  be  kept  closed; 

wlien.  503. 

485.  Attempts    to    force    a    passage ; 

how   punished.  504. 

486.  Regulations    concerning    draw- 

bridges ;   when  open,  etc.  505. 

487.  Fihh.  etc.,  not  to  be  placed  in 

streets. 

488.  Pieces  of  fruit  on  sidewalk. 

489.  Handbills,  etc.,   not   to   be   dis- 

tributed      or       dropped       in 
■streets. 


Posting  or  distributing  lewd  or 
obscene  pictures  prohibited; 
penalty. 

Street  dirt  or  manure  not  to  be 
removed   without   a   permit. 

Owner  of  land  abutting  on 
street  to  erect  fence  when 
ordered  so  to   do. 

No  person  to  make  a  stand  in 
any  street  or  square  for  the 
exercise  of  any  business  or 
calling,  unless  licensed  by  the 
mayor. 

Cleaning  of  carpet.^,  etc.,  in 
streets,  lots,  or  fields,  pro- 
hibited. 

Games  of  ball  or  quoits,  and 
throwing  of  stones,  shooting 
with  bow  and  arrow  and  fly- 
ing kites,  and  coasting  upon 
a  sled  in.  streets  prohibited. 

Fireworks  in  streets  without 
permission  of  mayor  pro- 
hibited. 

Injuring  or  defacing  works  of 
ornament  or  utility  erected 
by  the  city. 

Wooden  awnings  or  sheds  over 
street  or  sidewalk. 

Manner  of  abating  above  nui- 
sance. 

Awning  posts. 

Removal  of  mere-stones. 

Vehicles  not  to  be  left  in 
streets  unless  attached  to 
animal. 

Horses  and  vehicles  not  to  be 
left  on   crosswalk. 

Driving  faster  than  six  miles 
an  hour  prohibited. 

Animals  attached  to  vehicles 
not  allowed  to  move  through 
the  streets  without  a  driver. 


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Sec. 

60G.  Street  cars,  animals,  or  vehi- 
cles not  to  stand  over  cross- 
walks, except  mayor  may 
designate  places  where  street 
cars  may  stand  waiting  for 
passengers. 

507-508.  Ambulances  have  the  right 
of   way. 


SIDEWALKS. 

501).     Obstructions  on  sidewalks. 

510.  Show-bills,     show-board,     mer- 

chandise, etc.;  not  to  be 
placed  on  sidewalks;  penalty. 

511.  Regulations     concerning     signs, 

merchandise,  awnings,  etc. 

512.  Wheelbarrows,  bicycles,  etc..  on 

sidewalks ;  horses  not  to  go 
or  stand  on  sidewalks. 

513.  Assembling    idly    or    remaining 

in  crowds  on  footways,  etc., 
forbidden. 

514.  Spouts    and    drains    over    side- 

walks   prohibited. 

515.  Owner,  etc..  of  land  bordering 

on  streets  to  repair  defects  in 
sidewalk  and  remove  obstruc- 
tions ;  if  neglected,  may  be 
done  by  director  of  public 
works. 

516.  Manner   of  giving  notice. 

517.  Brick  sidewalks  prohibited. 
518-519.     Cellar     doors     and     cellar 

doorways. 

520.  Trap  doors  and  coal  holes  not 

to  be   left  open. 

521.  Flights  of  steps,  etc.,   descend- 

ing from  or  near  the  line  of 
any  street  to  be  covered  or 
enclosed  with  a  permanent 
railing,  etc. 

522.  Excavation    for    a    cellar    near 

sidewalk  to  be  properly 
guarded  by  railing. 


Sec. 

523.  The  ui)pcr   surface  of  coal-hole 

covers,  etc.,  to  be  roughened. 

524.  Snow  to  be  removed  from  side- 

walks. 

525.  Removing    snow,    ice    or    sleet 

from    sidewalks ;    manner    of 
giving   notices. 
52G.     Gutters  to  be  kept  clean. 

527.  No    snow    to    be    thrown    from 

private  property  into  street. 

528.  Ice     thrown     into     the     streets 

from  sidewalks  to  be  broken 
into  small  pieces. 

529.  No  salt  to  be  put  on  sidewalks. 

530.  The  word  "Street''  defined. 

531.  Telford    pavement    not    to    be 

watered    except    by    licensed 
cart. 

532.  Revocation     of     such     license; 

appeal. 

533.  Telford    pavement    not    to    be 

sprinkled  except  by  authorized 
sprinkler. 

534.  General  penalty. 

535.  Regulations    concerning    build- 

ing   of    bridges    for    railroad 
purposes. 


536.  Department  of  public  works  to 

have  the  care  and  charge  of 
trees  in  the  streets  and  public 
squares. 

537.  Penalty  for  injuring  or  destroy- 

ing trees  or  shrubs  in  streets 
or  public  squares. 

538.  Penalty  for   fastening  horse  to 

shade  tree,  etc. 

539.  Fixtures   around   trees    for   the 

purpose  of  protecting  the 
same;  penalty  for  injury  to, 
etc. 

540.  Penalty   for   attaching  anything 

to  trees. 


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Sec.  miscellaneous.  Sec. 

561.  Nine  hours  to  constitute  day's      563.     Fertilizers    taken    from    streets 

work   for   laborer.  to  be  delivered  to  park  board. 

562.  Employes  to  be  paid  weekly.  564.     Money  for  cobble  gutters,  etc., 

to  be  paid  to  collector. 

DIRECTOR  OF  PUBLIC   WORKS. 

Sec.  446.  The  director  of  public  works  may,  without  the 
order  of  the  board  of  aldermen,  cause  such  number  of  crosswalks 
to  be  constructed  in  said  city  as  the  public  necessity  and  conven- 
ience may  require. 

The  director  shall,  each  month,  examine  all  bills  belonging  to 
the  department  of  public  works,  and  cause  those  approved  to  be 
duly  certified  and  passed  over  to  the  city  clerk  for  the  approval  of 
the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  447.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  keep  a  time-book 
in  which  shall  be  entered  the  names  of  all  workmen  employed 
by  the  department  of  public  works,  also  the  names  of  all  carmen 
or  teamsters  employed,  the  times  of  their  employment,  and  the 
amount  of  wages  due.  He  shall  keep  a  set  of  books  in  which 
shall  be  entered  the  amounts  due  the  city  from  individuals,  for 
laying  walks,  setting  curbs,  removing  snow,  etc.  He  shall  preserve 
and  file  all  papers  and  books  connected  with  the  department  not 
otherwise  provided  for. 

Sec.  448.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  have  the  care 
and  custody  of  all  property  left  on  the  sidewalks  or  public  lands 
either  by  summary  process  or  in  other  ways,  and  is  hereby  given 
the  same  rights  and  duties  over  said  property  and  shall  dispose 
of  the  same  in  the  manner  provided  for  selectmen  in  disposing  of 
property  left  by  summary  process  as  directed  in  the  general 
statutes. 

CLERK. 

Sec.  449.  The  clerk  of  the  department  of  public  works  shall 
keep  the  records  of  the  proceedings  and  transactions  of  said  de- 
partment, and  shall  carefully  file  and  preserve  all  books  and  papers 
connected  with  or  transmitted  to  said  department  for  execution. 

He  shall  keep  a  set  of  books,  in  which  shall  be  entered  a  journal 
and  ledger  account  of  the  moneys  expended  for  keeping  the 
streets,  avenues,  parks,  etc..  in  repair,  the  amount  expended  for 
new    sewers,    and    pavements,    and    repairs  thereof,   for  work  on. 


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bridges,  and  all  other  expenditures  connected  with  said  depart- 
ment. 

He  shall  keep  a  contract  book,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the 
contracts  awarded  by  said  department,  their  nature,  amount,  and 
to  whom  awarded. 

He  shall  keep  a  bill-book,  in  which  shall  be  entered  all  bills 
approved  by  said  department,  to  be  transmitted  to  the  board  of 
finance. 

He  shall  sign  and  certify  to  all  notices  (except  where  otherwise 
provided  for  in  the  charter)  to  parties  in  interest,  for  encroach- 
ments from  streets,  or  laying  sidewalks,  setting  curbs,  and  all  no- 
tices emanating  from  or  transmitted  to  said  department  of  public 
works  for  execution. 

CITY    ENGINEER. 

Sec.  450.  The  city  engineer,  in  addition  to  the  duties  im- 
posed upon  him  by  the  charter  and  ordinances,  shall  execute  all 
orders  he  may  receive  from  the  department  of  public  works,  the 
mayor,  the  board  of  aldermen,  or  any  committee  thereof.  He 
shall  have  the  general  care  and  charge  of  maps,  profiles,  and  sur- 
veys belonging  to  said  city,  and  shall  carefully  preserve  such  as 
may  be  made  by  him,  or  come  into  his  care  and  charge.  All  maps 
prepared  for  proposed  public  improvements,  and  which  may  be 
referred  to  in  a  layout  or  other  record,  shall  be  numbered  and 
signed  by  the  city  engineer.  No  map,  profile,  survey,  or  record 
relating  thereto,  belonging  to  said  city,  shall  be  taken  from  the 
office  of  the  city  engineer,  except  by  his  permission. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  to  make  all  necessary 
maps  for  the  use  of  the  board  of  assessors.  He  shall  also,  when- 
ever requested  by  the  mayor  or  corporation  counsel,  make  all  maps, 
surveys  and  plans  necessary  in  the  trial  of  any  case  in  which  the 
city  is  a  party.  He  shall  have  the  general  charge,  subject  to  the 
orders  of  the  committee  on  numbering  streets,  of  the  numbering 
and  renumbering  of  streets,  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  streets 
numbered. 

POWER   OF    MAYOR   TO   REGULATE   PROCESSIONS,    ETC. 

Sec.  451.  The  mayor  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  have 
the  power  to  make  regulations  for  the  safe  and  orderly  passage  of 
all  processions,  parades,  and  other  public  displays  within  said  city, 
and   may    forbid   the    running   of   electric   cars   and   other   vehicles 


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upon  the  streets  where,  and  at  times  when,  such  processions, 
parades  and  other  pubUc  displays  are  to  take  place.  Said  reg^ula- 
tions  shall  be  published  in  one  or  more  of  the  newspapers  of  said 
city  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  taking  place  of  such  pro- 
cession, parade,  or  other  public  display  to  which  said  regulations 
shall  be  intended  to  apply. 

Sec.  452.  The  police  department  of  said  city  shall  have  power 
to  enforce  such  regulations,  and  any  violation  of  the  same  shall  be 
punished  in  the  manner  provided  by  the  ordinances  of  said  city. 

SEWERS   AND   DRAINS. 

Sec.  453.  Public  sewers  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  laid 
along  the  center  lines  of  streets,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
person  or  corporation  laying  or  re-laying  any  gas,  water,  or  other 
main,  in  any  street  of  said  city,  to  leave  at  least  four  feet  on  each 
side  of  said  center  line  free  for  the  insertion  or  repair  of  a  public 
sewer,  unless  the  director  of  public  works  shall,  upon  written  ap- 
plication therefor,  allow  a  different  location. 

Sec.  454.  Before  any  public  sewer  shall  be  contracted  for  or 
built,  the  city  engineer  shall  cause  to  be  prepared  the  necessary 
plans  for  the  work,  and  profile  showing  the  grades  of  the  street 
and  sewer,  the  depth  of  such  sewer  below  the  surface  of  the  street, 
and  the  height  above  mean  high  water  mark,  as  established  by  the 
United  States  Coast  Survey,  and  used  as  the  city  datum.  And 
when  such  sewer  is  completed,  he  shall  cause  a  map  to  be  prepared, 
showing  the  location  and  size  of  the  sewer,  and  the  location  of  the 
man-holes,  basins,  culverts,  branches  for  house  connections,  and 
other  appurtenances.  He  shall  also  cause  a  map  to  be  prepared 
showing  the  situation,  dimensions,  and  ownership  of  all  lands  ad- 
joining the  street  in  which  said  sewer  is  laid,  as  provided  in  the 
ordinances  concerning  assessment. 

Sec.  455.  No  person  shall  connect  any  private  sewer  or  drain 
with  any  basin,  culvert,  or  public  sewer  or  drain  laid  for  the  pur- 
pose of  surface  or  sub-soil  drainage,  except  by  a  special  license 
granted  by  the  director  of  public  works. 

No  person  shall  conduct  any  sewer  or  drain,  or  suffer  the  same 
to  be  conducted  from  premises  belonging  to  him,  or  under  his 
control,  under  or  over  the  surface  of  the  ground,  into  any  street 
where  there  is  a  public  sewer,  without  having  the  same  properly 
connected  with  such  sewer. 


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Sec.  456.  No  exhaust  from  steam  cn,qincs,  blow-off  from  steam 
boilers,  or  water  above  one  hundred  and  forty  degrees  Fahrenheit 
in  temperature,  shall  be  discharged  into  any  public  sewer,  or  pri- 
vate sewer  or  drain  connecting  with  a  sewer. 

Sec.  457.  No  person  shall  connect  any  cesspool  or  detached 
privy  vault  with  any  public  sewer,  except  upon  permission,  granted 
by  the  director  of  pubHc  works,  therefor,  for  good  cause  shown, 
but  in  no  case  shall  any  cesspool  or  detached  privy  vault,  that  is 
not  water-tight,  be  connected  with  any  public  sewer.  In  all  cases 
where  a  cesspool  or  privy  vault  shall  be  connected  with  a  public 
sewer,  as  provided  in  this  section,  the  discharge  pipe  from  such 
cesspool  or  vault  shall  be  trapped,,  and  located  as  directed  and  ap- 
proved by  the  city  engineer. 

Sec.  458.  No  private  catch-basin  or  cesspool  shall  be  con- 
structed or  placed  within  the  limits  of  any  street  in  the  city  of 
New  Haven. 

Sec.  459.  No  person  shall  connect  with  any  public  sewer  any 
private  sewer  or  drain,  laid  for  surface  or  yard  drainage,  except 
the  same  be  provided  with  a  properly  trapped  basin,  sufficient  in 
size  and  depth  to  retain  sand  or  other  injurious  substances,  and  to 
prevent  the  same  from  being  carried  into  the  public  sewer. 

Sec.  460.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the 
premises  to  which  any  drain  connected  with  any  public  sewer  shall 
be  attached,  to  employ  a  person  duly  licensed  by  the  director  of 
public  works,  in  making  and  laying  such  connection  with  such 
,  public  sewer,  and  to  conform  to  the  directions  of  the  city  engi- 
neer in  regard  to  the  manner  in  which  such  connection  shall  be 
made,  and  said  drain  made  and  laid,  and  to  keep  said  drain  at  all 
times  in  good  repair. 

The  city  engineer  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty, 
under  the  direction  of  the  director  of  public  works,  to  discon- 
tinue, stop  up,  and  prevent  from  discharging  into  any  public  sewer, 
any  private  sewer  or  drain  aforesaid  which  is  not  laid  or  kept 
in  repair  to  his  satisfaction. 

Sec.  461.  No  connection  shall  be  made  with  any  public  sewer 
otherwise  than  by  drain  or  iron  pipe,  six  inches  or  less  in  diameter, 
except  by  the  consent  of  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  462.  Private  sewers  or  drains  shall  be  laid  to  a  uniform 
grade  and  line,  and  with  a  fall  toward  the  public  sewer  of  at  least 
one  foot  in  fifty  feet.     A  suitable  trap  shall  be  located  in  every 


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private  sewer  or  drain  which  connects  with  a  pubHc  sewer,  at 
some  convenient  point  between  the  pubhc  sewer  and  the  house 
or  building,  and  that  portion  of  the  private  sewer  or  drain,  thus 
disconnected,  shall  be  properly  ventilated.  In  all  cases,  the  work 
shall  Ijc  as  directed  or  approved  by  the  city  engineer. 

Sec.  463.  Not  more  than  one  house  or  building",  or  single 
house  in  a  block,  shall  be  connected  with  a  public  sewer  through 
any  one  drain,  except  by  a  special  permit  from  the  director  of 
public  works.  Whenever  such  permission  is  granted,  the  work 
shall  be  done'  as  directed  or  approved  by  tlie  city  engineer. 

Sec.  464.  In  opening  any  street  or  other  public  way  for  the 
purpose  of  laying  a  sewer  connection  or  drain,  all  materials  for 
paving  or  harcfening  the  roadway  must  be  removed  with  the  least 
possible  injury  or  loss  and,  together  with  the  excavated  material 
from  the  trenches,  must  be  placed  where  they  will  cause  the  least 
possible  inconvenience  to  the  public. 

Whenever  the  sides  of  the  trenches  will  not  stand  perpendicular, 
sheeting  and  braces  must  be  used  to  prevent  any  unnecessary  cav- 
ing. 

Sec.  465.  No  person  shall  injure,  break  or  remove  any  portion 
of  any  catch-basin,  receiving  basin,  covering  flag,  man-hole  cover 
or  any  part  of  any  public  sewer,  or  obstruct  openings  to  any  catch- 
basin  or  receiving  basin. 

Sec.  466.  No  person  shall  throw  into  any  catch-basin  or  gully- 
shoot  any  dead  animal  or  animal  or  vegetable  substance,  dirty 
water,  wash,  brine  or  other  substance  likely  to  remain  therein  or 
to  clog  up  such  catch-basin  or  gullyshoot  or  to  create  a  stench 
therefrom,  nor  shall  any  person  place  any  of  said  substances  near 
a  catch-basin  or  gully  shoot  which  can  fall  or  be  carried  into  same. 

STREETS. 

Sec.  467.  Any  person  opening  any  street  or  private  way  within- 
the  limits  of  said  city,  except  under  and  by  virtue  of  an  order  of 
the  board  of  aldermen,  and  any  person  who  shall  aid  or  assist  in 
so  offending,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars 
for  every  such  offense;  and  the  person  or  persons  opening  such 
.street  or  private  way,  or  procuring  the  same  to  be  opened,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  an  additional  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for 
every  month  that  such  street  or  private  way  shall  continue  open 
in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 


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Sec.  468.  Whenever  an  order  shall  have  heen  passed  for  pav- 
ing; or  re-pavings  with  wood,  stone  or  other  material,  any  street  or 
streets  of  the  city,  in  or  through  which  there  shall  be,  before  the 
execution  of  such  order,  any  sewer  or  gas  or  water  mains  laid 
down,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  department  of  public  works  to 
examine  the  land  and  buildings  upon  said  street,  to  ])rescribe  the 
connections  proper  to  l^e  made  with  such  sewer,  gas  or  water 
mains,  by  the  proprietors  of  such  lands,  and  to  give  to  such  ])ro- 
])rietors  reasonable  notice,  requiring  them  to  make  such  connec- 
tions before  such  pavement  is  laid  or  re-laid,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Sec.  469.  Tf  the  requirements  of  said  notice  shall  not  be  com- 
plied with,  it  shall  be  and  hereby  is  made  the  duty  of  said  depart- 
ment, unless  otherwise  ordered,  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  to  cause 
all  such  connections,  so  ordered  by.  it  as  aforesaid,  to  be  made, 
and  the  expense  of  making  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  the  proprie- 
tors, of  said  lands  respectivel}",  and  shall  be  a  lien  upon  said  lands 
in  favor  of  said  city,  to  be .  secured  and  enforced  in  the  manner 
now  provided  by  the  charter  and  ordinances  of  the  city  in  other 
cases. 

Sec.  470.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  make  or  cause  to  be 
made  any  opening,  aperture  or  excavation  for  any  purpose  what- 
ever in  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  city,  without  permission  from 
the  director  of  public  works,  upon  written  application  therefor  as 
provided  in  the  ordinances  concerning  licenses  and  permits. 

Sec.  471.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  issue  licenses  to 
such  persons  and  corporations  as  he  may  deem  competent  to  open 
or  excavate  the  streets  for  the  purpose  of  laying  gas  and  water 
mains,  wire  conduits  and  steam  supply  pipes,  and  to  make  all 
necessary  connections  with  the  same  and  with  the  public  sewers. 
The  application  for  such  license  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  bond 
to  the  city,  acceptable  to  said  director,  for  the  proper  perform- 
ance of  such  work  and  for  the  indemnification  of  the  city  against 
all  damages  which  it  may  be  compelled  to  pay,  or  shall  in  fact  pa}' 
for  injuries  sustained  in  violation  thereof,  and  for  all  expense  that 
the  citv  may  incur  in  refilling  openings  and  excavations  and  in  re- 
storing streets  and  pavements  to  their  former  condition  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  472.  All  excavations  in  any  street  shall  be  made  under 
the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  director  of  pubHc  works  or 
by  ru:h  person  as  he  may  appoint  to  represent  him,  and  the  ex- 


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pense  to  the  city  for  any  such  supervision  sliall  be  paid  to  the 
collector  by  such  person  or  corpt)ration  for  the  uses  of  the  city ; 
provided,  that  the  charge  for  supervision  for  any  excavation  in  any 
street  to  connect  with  any  water  or  g-as  main,  steam  supply  pipe, 
or  to  make  any  repairs  to  the  same,  or  public  sewers,  shall  be  one 
dollar. 

Sec.  473.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  refill  any  opening"  or 
excavation  in  the  roadway  between  the  curb  lines  of  any  street 
made  under  any  such  license  except  under  the  supervision  of  the 
director  of  public  works  or  of  such  person  as  he  may  appoint  to- 
represent  him. 

Sec.  474.  Any  person  or  corporation  which  shall  take  up  any 
portion  of  any  pavement,  except  the  pavement  having  a  cement  or 
concrete  foundation,  or  make  any  excavation  in  any  street,  shall, 
as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  refill  such  excavation  and  restore 
such  pavement,  leaving  such  street  and  pavement  in  a  condition 
that  will  be  acceptable  to  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  475.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  restore  any  pavement 
having  a  cement  or  concrete  foundation,  but  the  same  shall  be 
done  by  the  department  of  public  works,  and  the  expense  to  the 
city  of  restoring  such  pavement  to  its  original  condition  shall  be 
paid  to  the  collector  by  the  person  or  corporation  by  whom  such 
pavement  was  taken  up. 

Sec.  476.  If  it  shall  appear  at  any  time  within  six  months  after 
the  same  has  been  done  that  the  work  of  replacing  any  street 
or  pavement  has  been  improperly  performed  by  any  person  or  cor- 
poration, or  that  said  street  or  pavement  has  not  been  restored  to 
its  former  condition,  the  director  of  public  works  shall  notify 
such  person  or  corporation  to  put  the  same  in  as  good  condition 
as  it  was  before  the  opening  or  excavation  was  made,  and  if  the 
person  or  corporation  receiving  such  notice  shall  neglect  or  refuse 
to  properly  restore  such  street  or  pavement  within  forty-eight 
hours  thereafter,  the  director  of  public  works  shall  cause  the  neces- 
sary repairs  to  be  made,  and  the  expense  thereof,  unless  paid,  shall 
be  recovered  from  said  person  or  corporation  in  a  civil  action  in  the 
name  of  the  city. 

Sec.  477.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  revoke  the  license 
granted  to  any  person  or  corporation  who  shall  be  indebted  to  the 
city,   and  no  license  shall  thereafter  be   issued   to   such   person   or 


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corporation,  either  directly  or  indirectly  until  such  indebtedness  has 
been  cancelled. 

Sec.  478.  \\'hen  any  excavation  is  made  in  any  street,  the  per- 
son or  persons,  by  or  for  whom  such  excavation  is  made,  shall 
cause  a  rail  or  other  sufficient  fence  to  be  placed  and  fixed  so  as 
to  enclose  such  excavation,  and  the  dirt,  gravel,  or  other  material 
thrown  into  the  street  therefrom  ;  and  such  fence  shall  be  contin- 
ued during-  the  whole  time  such  excavation  shall  be  open.  And  a 
lighted  red  lantern  shall  be  fixed  to  some  part  of  such  fence,  or 
in  some  other  proper  manner  over  or  near  such  excavation,  and 
the  dirt,  gravel,  or  other  material  taken  from  the  same,  and  so 
kept  from  the  beginning  of  the  twilight  of  the  evening  through  the 
whole  of  the  night,  and  shall  be  continued  every  evening  and  night 
during  all  the  time  such  excavation  shall  be  open,  or  in  a  state  of 
repair. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  479.  Every  person  carting  any  timber,  machinery,  or 
other  heavy  substance  through  any  street  of  said  city,  shall  have 
the  same  raised  and  supported  on  wheels,  or  when  there  is  sleigh- 
ing, on  runners,  so  as  to  avoid  dragging  on  the  ground,  or  tearing 
up  or  otherwise  injuring  the  surface  of  the  streets. 

Sec.  480.  No  person  shall  cut  or  dig  up  any  sods  or  turf  in 
any  of  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  said  city,  except  under  the 
direction  of  the  director  of  public  works ;  nor  shall  any  person 
remove  or  carry  away  any  sods  or  turf,  cut  or  dug,  contrary  to  the 
povisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  481.  No  person  shall  take  or  remove  any  surplus  or  ex- 
cavated material  from  the  roadway  of  any  street  in  said  city,  with- 
out the  authority  of  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  482.  No  purchaser  of  any  coal  or  fire-wood  shall  place  or 
permit  any  such  coal  or  fire-wood  to  remain  in  any  street  more 
than  thirty  minutes  after  sunset  in  the  evening;  nor  shall  any  great- 
er quantity  than  two  loads  of  such  wood  or  coal  in  any  case  be  per- 
mitted, by  the  purchaser,  or  other  person  having  the  charge  thereof, 
to  lie  or  continue  in  front  of  the  same  premises  in  any  street. 

Nor  shall  any  purchaser,  or  other  person  as  aforesaid,  permit 
any  such  wood  or  coal,  at  any  time,  by  day  or  night,  to  remain 
in  any  street,  so  as  to  obstruct  the  passage  in  the  same,  nor  more 
than  four  hours  in  any  case. 


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No  person  shall  cut,  saw  or  split  any  fire-wood  upon  any  footway 
•or  sidewalk  in  said  city. 

Sec.  483.  No  person  shall  lay  or  allow  to  remain  in  any 
street,  or  on  any  of  the  public  squares  within  said  city,  any  brick, 
stone,  lumber  or  rubbish ;  or  erect,  set.  or  continue  thereon  any 
liouse,  shop,  or  building  of  any  kind ;  or  set  up,  or  continue  there- 
on any  gate,  fence  or  bars ;  or  place  thereon  any  obstruction  what- 
•ever;  or  make  any  excavation  or  opening  therein;  or  erect  or  con- 
struct any  bridge  in  or  over  any  of  the  streets  or  gutters  in  said 
•city;  or  fill  up  any  canal,  drain  or  gutter,  made  by  authority;  or 
obstruct  or  alter  the  course  of  any  run  of  water  in  any  street  or 
public  square  in  said  city,  without  license  or  permission  from  the 
proper  authorities. 

Sec.  484.  The  draw  in  all  drawbridges  in  said  city  shall  be  kept 
•continuously  closed  for  the  purpose  of  public  travel  over  the  same 
■daily,  Sundays  excepted,  during  the  following  hours,  to  wit:  From 
6.45  a.  m.  to  7  a.  m.,  from  12  m.  to  12.15  p.  m.,  and  from  12.45 
p.  m.  to  1  p.  m. 

Sec  485.  No  master,  owner  or  owners,  or  any  person  in  charge 
of  any  vessel  or  other  craft,  when  said  bridge  is  closed,  shall  force 
or  attempt  to  force  a  passage  through  the  same. 

Sec.  486.  When  a  draw  is  to  be  opened,  after  the  usual  sign  is 
•given,  of  sounding  a  gong  or  blowing  a  whistle,  no  person  other 
than  those  in  the  employ  of  the  city,  or  having  a  permit  from  the 
director  of  public  works,  shall  remain  upon  the  draw-span. 

When  a  draw  is  to  be  opened,  after  the  usual  sign  is  given  of 
sounding  a  gong,  or  blowing  a  whistle,  no  person  shall  stand  upon 
the  fixed  span  within  thirty  feet  of  the  opening,  if  the  opening  is 
unprotected;  and  if  the  opening  is  protected  by  gates,  no  person 
shall  stand  on  the  bridge  between  said  gates  and  the  opening. 

Sec.  487.  No  person  shall  throw,  cart,  or  lay  any  ofifal.  vegeta- 
bles, garbage,  dross,  straw,  shavings,  dirt,  filth,  or  rubbish  of  any 
kind  whatever,  in  or  into  any  street,  or  in  any  of  the  public  squares 
of  said  city;  or  shall  sufifer  any  brine,  or  wash  or  dirty  water  to 
flow  into  any  street,  or  throw,  or  permit  the  same  to  be  thrown 
into  or  scattered  on  any  street,  or  shall  throw,  cart,  or  lay  any 
ashes,  cinders,  or  shells  in  or  upon  any  street  in  said  city,  without 
the  authority  or  permission  of  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  488.  No  person  shall  cast,  throw  or  deposit  on  any  side- 
walk or  crosswalk  in  any  street,  avenue,  or  public  place  within  the 


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corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  an_\-  part  or  portion 
of  any  fruit  or  vep:etable.  or  other  suljstances,  which  wlien 
stepped  u])on  by  any  person,  is  Hable  to  cause,  or  does  cause,  him  to 
sHp  or  fall. 

Sec.  489.  No  person  shall  distribute,  throw  or  drop,  or  cause 
to  be  distributed  or  dropped  in  any  of  the  streets  or  public  squares 
of  said  city,  any  posters,  hand-bills,  advertising  cards  or  other  sub- 
stance used  for  the  purpose  of  advertising. 

Sec.  490.  No  person  shall  post  up,  display,  distribute  publicly, 
exhibit  or  attach  to  any  bill-board,  fence,  or  other  public,  or  private 
property,  any  obscene,  lewd,  indecent  or  blasphemous  or  lascivious 
wood-cut  print,  picture  or  paper. 

Sec.  491.  No  person  shall  take  or  remove  any  street  dirt  or 
manure  collected  from  any  street  in  said  city,  except  in  front  of 
his  own  premises,  without  the  authorit}"  of  the  director  of  public 
works. 

Sec.  492.  Every  owner  of  any  lot  of  land  which  abuts  upon 
any  street  in  said  city,  shall,  when  ordered  so  to  do  by  the  board 
of  aldermen,  cause  to  be  erected  and  maintained  on  the  line  of 
such  lot  adjoining"  the  street,  a  suitable  fence  of  rails,  boards,  or 
other  materials;  and  the  director  of  public  works  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  erect  such  fence  where,  after  the  passage  of  such  order, 
the  owner  or  owners  neglect  to  provide-  the  same,  and  the  expense 
of  erecting  such  fence  shall  be  paid  by  the  owner  or  owners  of 
said  land. 

Sec.  493.  No  person  shall  make  a  stand  in  any  street,  or  in 
any  of  the  public  squares  of  said  city,  with  a  wagon,  wheelbarrow 
or  other  vehicle,  or  shall  erect  any  booth,  for  the  sale  of  any  arti- 
cle, or  for  the  exercise  of  any  business  or  calling,  unless  licensed 
by  the  chief  of  police. 

Sec.  494.  No  person  shall  beat,  shake,  or  clean  any  carpet,, 
drugget,  rug,  or  oil  cloth  of  any  kind  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets 
or  public  squares  of  said  city. 

Sec.  495.  No  person  shall  play  at  foot-ball,  or  any  other  game 
of  ball,  or  quoits,  or  throw  stones,  snow-balls  or  other  thing  liable 
to  injure  any  person,  or  frighten  any  horse,  or  shoot  with  or  use 
a  bow  and  arrow,  or  fly  a  kite,  or  course  or  coast  upon  a  sled  in  any 
street  or  public  square  of  said  city. 

Sec.  496.     No  person  shall  ignite  fireworks  of  any  kind  in  any 


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of  the  streets  or  public  squares  in  said  city,  without  permission  of 
the  chief  of  pohce. 

Sec.  497.  No  person  shall  throw  down,  or  in  any  manner  in- 
jure or  deface  any  fence,  pump,  waterin^^  trouo;h,  seat,  or  other 
work  of  ornament  or  utility  erected  by  authority,  in  or  upon  any 
of  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  said  city. 

Sec.  498.  Any  person  who  shall  erect  any  wooden  awnings  or 
shed  over  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  said  city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  499.  Any  wooden  awning  erected  and  maintained  con- 
trary to  the  provisions  of  the  next  preceding  section,  is  hereby 
declared  to  be  a  nuisance,  and  the  same  may  be  abated  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  in  section  347  of  the  ordinance  concerning'  nuisances. 

Sec.  500.  No  awning  posts  of  greater  diameter  than  three 
inches  for  so  much  of  the  same  as  shall  be  above  three  feet  from 
the  curb  stone,  shall  be  erected  or  continued  in  any  street  in  said 
city. 

Sec.  501.  No  person  shall  injure,  displace  or  remove  any  mere- 
stone  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  without  permission  from  the 
city  engineer  of  said  city. 

Sec.  502.  No  person  shall  leave  any  cart,  car,  dray,  truck  or 
other  vehicle  in  any  street  in  said  city,  unless  the  same  is  in  use 
and  attached  to  a  horse  or  other  animal. 

Sec.  503.  No  person  shall  place  or  leave  any  horse  or  other  ani- 
mal, or  any  vehicle,  upon  any  crosswalk  in  said  city. 

Sec.  504.  No  owner,  or  person  having,  for  the  time  being,  the 
care  or  use  of  any  horse,  or  other  beast  of  burden,  carriage  or 
draught,  shall  ride,  drive,  or  permit  the  same  to  go  at  a  faster  rate 
than  an  ordinarv  trot,  or  six  miles  an  hour,  in  any  street  in  said 
city ;  and  the  running  against  any  foot  passenger,  exercising  ordi- 
nary and  reasonable  care,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  a  viola- 
tion of  this  section. 

Sec.  505.  No  owner  of  any  horse  or  other  animal,  attached  to 
any  vehicle,  shall  allow  the  same  to  move  along  any  street  in  said 
city,  without  a  driver  sufficiently  near  to  exercise  immediate  con- 
trol over  the  same. 

Sec.  506.  No  horse  or  other  draught  animal  attached  to  any 
vehicle,  shall  be  driven  or  stopped  upon  any  crosswalk  in  said  city, 
for  the  purpose  of  detaching  such  horse  or  other  draught  animal 


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rroin  sucli  vehicle;  nor  shall  any  street  car  or  other  vehicle  stop  or 
stand  with  any  jxart  thereof,  or  the  horse  or  other  draught  animals 
attached  thereto,  upon  any  crosswalk  on  any  street  in  said  citv, 
except  that  street  cars  or  other  vehicles  conveying  passengers  mav 
stop  long  enough  to  accommodate  passengers  readv  to  get  in  or 
out,  with  the  rear  platform  over  the  crosswalk  after  having  passed 
the  intersecting  street. 

Sec.  507.  The  mayor  shall  designate  places  where  street  cars 
may  stand  waiting  for  passengers,  and  no  car  shall  so  wait  at  anv 
other  place  in  said  city. 

Sec.  508.  All  ambulances  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  the 
streets,  and  no  person  shall  hinder  or  impede  the  progress  of  such 
vehicle,  and  all  persons  shall  move  to  one  side  of  the  street  to 
allow  the  rapid  progress  of  such  vehicle. 

SIDEWALKS. 

Sec.  509.  No  person  shall  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  upon 
any  public  footway  or  sidewalk  in  said  city,  any  lumber,  iron, 
trunk,  bale,  box,  crate,  cask,  package,  or  any  obstruction  whatso- 
ever, whether  of  the  same  description  or  not,  for  more  than  thirty 
minutes,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two,  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars ;  and  if  such  person  shall  suffer  the  same  to  remain  more 
than  one  hour  after  being  first  placed  there,  or  more  than  ten 
minutes  after  notice  to  remove  the  same,  given  by  the  mayor,  di- 
rector of  public  works,  or  by  any  policeman,  the  person  or  per- 
sons so  ofifending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
five,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  every  such  offense ;  and  for  each 
and  every  hour  thereafter  that  the  same  shall  be  suffered  to  re- 
main, the  person  or  persons  so  offending  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a 
further  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  510.  No  person  shall  place,  erect,  fasten  or  continue  any 
show  bill  or  show  board,  of  any  description  whatever,  or  any  goods, 
wares,  or  merchandise  for  show  or  sale,  upon  any  street  or  side- 
walk in  said  city,  under  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense ;  and  the  like  penalty  for  every 
day  in  which  such  show  bill,  show  board,  or  goods,  wares,  or  mer- 
chandise shall  be  continued,  after  an  order  to  remove  the  same, 
given  by  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  511.  No  sign,  show  bill,  show  board,  goods,  wares,  mer- 
chandise or  other  thing  shall   project   into   any   street  beyond   the 


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street  line ;  proz'idcd,  hon'cvcr,  that  all  such  sig-ns  heretofore  erected 
in  accordance  with  the  ordinances,  and  by  permission  of  the  board  of 
aldemien,  shall  be  removed  before  January  1st,  1906.  And  all  signs 
existing  without  such  permission  shall  be  removed  immediately. 

All  posts  fixed  in  any  street  for  the  purpose  of  supporting  any 
awning  shall  be  of  iron  not  exceeding  four  inches  in  diameter  and 
the  rail  crossing  the  same  shall  be  of  iron.  The  said  post  shall 
'be  placed  next  to  and  along  the  inside  of  the  curb  stone,  and  the 
cross  rail  which  is  extended  to  support  the  awning  shall  not  be 
less  than  eight  nor  more  than  ten  feet  in,  height  above  the  side- 
walk, and  the  said  cross  rail  shall  be  strongly  secured  to  the  up- 
right posts. 

Drop  awnings,  made  of  canvas,  without  vertical  supports,  must 
in  no  case  extend  beyond  eight  feet  from  the  building,  and  must  be 
at  least  eight  feet  in  the  clear  above  the  sidewalk.  No  convas 
or  other  awning  requiring  vertical  supports  shall  extend  into  the 
street  and  over  the  sidewalk  except  by  consent  of  the  board  of  al- 
dermen. Any  awning  or  post  supporting  the  same,  heretofore 
erected,  shall  not  be  afifected  by  the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  or- 
dinance. But  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  director  of  public  works  to 
carefully  examine  all  awnings  and  the  supports  thereof,  and  if  in 
his  opinion  the  awnings  or  posts  supporting  the  same,  are  unsafe, 
the  owner  shall,  within  ten  days  after  notification  by  the  director 
of  public  works,  make  such  changes  as  the  director  of  public  works 
deems  necessary  for  public  safety,  and  in  all  cases  where  existing 
posts  are  deemed  by  the  director  of  public  works  to  be  unsafe,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  to  replace  them  with  posts  made  of 
iron,  and  all  such  posts  shall  be  kept  painted. 

Sec.  512.  No  person  shall  drive,  wheel,  or  draw  any  coach, 
cart,  hand-cart,  wheelbarrow,  bicycle,  or  other  vehicle  of  burden 
or  pleasure,  whether  of  the  same  description  or  not,  except  chil- 
dren's hand  carriages  drawn  by  hand;  or  drive,  or  permit  any 
horse  under  his  care  to  go  or  stand  upon  any  sidewalk  or  footpath 
in  the  streets  or  public  squares  of  said  city,  except  going  in  or  out 
at  driveways. 

Sec,  513.  No  person  shall  assemble  idly  and  remain  in  crowds 
upon  any  footway,  sidewalk  or  crosswalk  in  any  street,  or  in  any 
of  the  public  squares  of  said  city,  or  before  any  church  or  public 
building,  or  before  or  within  any  cemetery  in  said  city ;  and  all 
persons  to  the   number  of  three  or  more   so   assembling,   and   re- 


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fusing-  to  disperse  when  commanded  so  to  do  by  a  police  officer, 
special  constable,  or  mayor  of  said  city,  shall  forfeit  and  \rd\  a 
penalty  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  514.  No  person  shall  construct,  or  cause  to  be  constructed, 
or  allow  to  remain,  any  rain-water  leader,  spout  or  drain  from  any 
dwelling  house,  store,  tenement  or  other  building-,  to  discharge  upon, 
over  or  above  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  said  city. 

Sec.  515.  The  owner,  and  every  person  having  the  care  or  cus- 
tody of  any  building  or  parcel  of  land  bordering  upon  any  street 
in  said  city,  where  there  is  any  footway  or  sidev/alk,  shall  keep 
such  footway  or  sidewalk  in  a  safe  and  convenient  condition  for 
the  use  of  the  public,  and  shall  forthwith  repair  all  defects  there- 
in in  any  way  endangering;  or  incommoding  the  public  travel  upon 
the  same,  and  shall  remove  therefrom,  without  delay,  any  and  all 
obstructions  that  may  be  placed  or  found  thereon.  If  such  owner 
or  person  having  the  care  or  custody  of  any  such  building  or  parcel 
of  land  shall  neglect  to  repair  such  defects,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  director  of  public  works  to  make  such  repairs,  and  the  expense 
thereof  shall  be  charged  against  such  owner,  agent,  or  person 
having  charge  of  such  premises,  in  favor  of  the  city. 

Sec.  516.  All  recommendations  from  the  department  of  pub- 
lic works  to  the  board  of  aldermen  for  the  laying,  relaying  or 
repairing  of  any  sidewalk  in  said  city,  shall  be  accompanied  by 
the  name  of  the  person  owning  the  property,  or  estate,  or  the 
agent  of  such  person,  adjoining  such  sidewalk,  and  the  street  or 
number  thereof,  and  whenever  a  hearing  is  to  be  held  for  the 
purpose  of  laying  or  relaying  or  repairing  sidewalks  as  aforesaid, 
the  assistant  city  clerk  of  said  city  shall  cause  an  advertisement 
to  be  published  in  the  daily  papers  of  such  hearing  for  at  least 
two  days,  and  shall  cause  notice  to  be  given  to  said  property 
owners,  their  agents,  or  persons  having  charge  of  said  property 
or  estate,  which  notice  shall  be  left  at  the  usual  place  of  abode  of 
such  property  owner,  or  his  or  their  agent,  in  case  any  person  so 
interested  shall  not  at  the  time  reside  in  the  city,  or  shall  be  under 
any  legal  disability,  or  in  case  the  owner  of  such  property  is  un- 
known, such  notice  shall  be  given  as  judge  of  the  superior  court 
or  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  may  order. 

Sec.  517.  No  sidewalk  shall  be  laid  and  no  sidewalk  already  in 
use  shall  be  relaid  with  brick.     Any  person  violating  any  of  the 


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provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not 
more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  518.  No  person  shall  construct  any  cellar  door  or  cellar 
,door-way  in  any  sidewalk,  or  projecting  into  any  sidewalk  beyond 
the  street  line  in  said  city,  except  by  permission  of  the  board  of 
aldermen.  Said  cellar  doors  shall  be  of  an  approved  wood,  built 
flush  with  the  sidewalk  and  with  no  obstructions  on  the  top. 

Sec.  519.  No  person  shall  continue  or  maintain  any  already 
-existing  cellar  door  or  cellar  door-way  in  any  sidewalk,  beyond 
the  street  line,  for  the  purpose  of  being  kept  open  as  an  entrance, 
after  the  passage  of  an  order  by  the  board  of  aldermen  for  the 
removal  of  such  cellar  door  or  door-way. 

Sec.  520.  No  person  shall  leave  open  any  trap  door  or  coal 
hole  in  any  sidewalk  in  said  city. 

Sec.  521.  Every  entrance  or  flight  of  steps,  descending  imme- 
diately from  or  near  the  line  of  any  street,  into  any  cellar  or  base- 
ment story  of  any  building,  where  such  entrance  or  flight  of  steps 
shall  not  be  safely  and  securely  covered,  shall  be  enclosed  with  a 
permanent  railing  on  each  side,  at  least  three  feet  high  from  the 
top  of  the  sidewalk  or  pavement,  together  with  a  gate  to  open  in- 
wardly, or  two  iron  chains  across  the  front  of  the  entrance-way, 
one  near  the  top  and  the  other  half  way  from  the  sidewalk  or  pave- 
ment to  the  top  of  the  railing,  to  the  acceptance  of  the  director 
of  public  works,  and  such  gate  or  chains  shall,  unless  there  be  a 
burning  light  over  the  steps  to  prevent  accidents,  be  closed  during 
the  night. 

Sec.  522.  Any  person  who  shall  make  or  keep  open,  or  cause  to 
be  made  or  kept  open,  any  excavation  for  a  cellar,  or  other  pur- 
pose, within  three  feet  of  the  line  of  any  street,  so  as  to  endanger 
the  safety  of  foot  passengers,  shall  cause  such  excavation  to  be 
properly  guarded  by  a  substantial  railing  or  covering,  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  523.  The  upper  surface  of  every  coal  hole  cover  and  all 
iron  plates  on  cellar  or  trap  doors  in  any  sidewalk  in  said  city,  shall 
be  made,  and  kept  at  all  times,  roughed  or  studded  over,  so  as  to 
prevent  danger  or  injury  to  pedestrians. 

Sec.  524.  The  owner,  tenant,  occupant,  or  any  person  having 
the  care  of  any  land  or  building  fronting  on  any  street  or  public 
place  in  said  city,  where  there  is  any  paved  sidewalk,  shall,  after 
the  cessation  of  any  storm  of  snow,  ice  or  sleet,  if  in  the  day  time. 


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within  three  hours,  and  if  in  tlic  nig-ht  time,  before  nine  o'clock  in 
the  forenoon  succeeding,  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  from  sucli 
paved  sidewalk,  and  if  the  same  cannot  be  wholly  removed,  shall 
sprinkle  thereon  sand,  or  other  proper  substance,  so  that  such 
paved  sidewalk  shall  be  safe  for  travel,  and  in  default  thereof  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  two  dollars;  and  for  each  and  every 
hour  thereafter  that  the  same  shall  remain  on  such  paved  side- 
walk, or  such  paved  sidewalk  shall  be  unsafe  for  travel,  such  own- 
er, tenant,  occupant  or  other  person,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fur- 
ther penalty  of  two  dollars. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  to  the  falling  of  snow 
from  any  building,  and  also  to  any  footway  or  sidewalk  on  any 
bridge  spanning  any  railroad  in  said  city. 

Sec.  525.  Whenever  the  city  shall  have  cleaned  any  sidewalk 
or  premises  by  removing  snow,  ice  or  sleet,  at  the  expense  of  the 
owner  of  such  sidewalk  or  premises  in  acordance  with  the  charter,, 
notice  shall  be  delivered  or  mailed  to  such  owner  or  person  or  cor- 
poration having  the  care  of  such  sidewalk  within  ten  days  after 
such  cleaning. 

Sec.  526,  The  owner,  tenant,  occupant,  or  any  person  having 
the  care  of  any  building,  or  lot  of  land  bordering  on  any  street  or 
public  place  in  said  city,  where  there  is  any  footway  or  sidewalk 
having  a  paved  gutter,  shall,  at  all  times  keep  such  paved  gutter 
free  from  snow,  ice  or  sleet,  so  as  to  permit  the  free  passage  of 
water  through  the  same,  and  in  default  thereof  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec,  527.  No  person  or  persons  shall  throw  or  place,  or  cause 
to  be  thrown  or  placed,  any  ice  or  snow  into  any  street  within  said 
city,  from  private  lands  or  property,  without  the  authority  or  per- 
mission of  the  director  of  public  works  first  obtained. 

Sec.  528.  Every  person  who  shall  throw  or  place,  or  cause  to 
be  thrown  or  placed,  any  ice  or  snow  into  any  street  within  said 
city  from  the  sidewalks  or  gutters  of  said  street,  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  broken  into  small  pieces  and  spread  evenly  on  the 
surface  of  such  street,  and  in  default  thereof  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two,  nor  more  than  five  dollars  for  every 
such  ofifense. 

Sec.  529.  No  person  or  persons  shall  cast,  place  or  sprinkle,  or 
cause  to  be  cast,  placed  or  sprinkled,  salt  or  any  other  substance,. 


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in  or  upon  any  sidewalk  in  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  melting 
any  snow  or  ice  thereon. 

Any  person  ofTending  against  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  530.  Whenever  the  word  "street"  or  "streets"  is  men- 
tioned in  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  understood  as  including  alleys, 
lanes,  courts,  greens,  public  squares  and  public  places,  and  it  shall 
also  be  understood  as  including  the  sidewalks,  unless  the  contrary 
is  expressed,  or  such  construction  would  be  inconsistent  with  the 
manifest  intent  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Sec.  531.  No  person  shall  water  any  Telford  or  broken  stone 
pavement  by  means  of  a  watering  cart,  unless  he  shall  first  have 
obtained  a  license  therefor  from  the  director  of  public  works, 
which  license  shall  run  for  not  more  than  one  year,  and  shall  con- 
tain such  conditions  as  the  director  of  public  works  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  532.  The  director  of  public  works  may  at  any  time  re- 
voke any  such  license,  as  aforesaid,  for  breach  of  any  of  the  condi- 
tions expressed  in  the  same,  or  of  the  regulations  which  may  be 
prescribed  by  said  director  of  public  works,  subject  to  appeal,  as 
provided  in  the  ordinance  concerning  licenses  and  permits ;  and 
until  such  revocation  is  disapproved  by  vote  of  the  board  of  alder- 
men, the  license  so  revoked  shall  cease  to  be  in  force. 

Sec.  533.  X'o  person  shall  water  any  Telford  or  broken  stone 
pavement  with  a  hose,  except  by  means  of  such  sprinkler  as  may 
be  authorized  by  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  534.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
chapter,  excepting  where  a  different  penalty  is  otherwise  specially 
provided  in  any  section  thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of 
not  less  than  two,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every  such 
offense,  and  a  like  penalty  for  each  day's  continuance  thereof. 

BRIDGES. 

Sec.  535.  All  bridges  that  shall  be  built  or  repaired  within  the 
city  limits,  for  railroad  purposes,  shall  be  so  constructed  or  re- 
paired as  to  give  clear  road  and  sidewalk  accommodation  the 
entire  width  of  the  streets  on  which  they  shall  be  constructed  or 
repaired,  without  trusses  or  divisions  of  any  material  or  pattern 
over  the  part  used  for  driving  purposes. 


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That  the  flooring-  for  the  full  width  of  all  bridges  that  may 
hereafter  be  constructed  or  repaired  shall  be  of  such  material  as 
the  director  of  public  works  may  direct,  and  so  laid  as  to  en- 
tirely prevent  smoke  or  steam  from  penetrating  through  the 
floors ;  and  that  the  outside  of  walks  on  all  bridges  that  may  here- 
after be  constructed  or  repaired  shall  be  protected  with  closed 
fences  at  least  five  feet  in  height. 

TREES. 

Sec.  536.  '  The  department  of  public  works  shall  have  the  gen- 
eral care  and  charge  of  the  trees  in  the  streets  and  public  squares 
of  said  city,  and  shall  provide  for  the  trimming  and  protection  of 
such  trees,  and,  when  necessary,  shall  provide  for  or  authorize  the 
removal  of  the  same. 

Said  department  shall  also  provide  for  or  authorize  the  planting 
of  trees  in  new  streets,  and  in  such  other  streets  and  places  as  they 
may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  537.  Every  person  who  shall,  without  the  permission  of 
said  department,  cut,  bruise,  injure  or  destroy  any  tree  or  shrub 
for  shade,  ornament  or  use  in  any  street  or  public  square  in  said 
city,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  fifty  dollars  for  every  such 
offense. 

Sec.  538.  Every  person  who  shall  fasten  any  horse  or  other 
animal  to  any  shade  tree  in  any  street,  or  who  shall  place  or  leave 
any  horse  or  other  animal  in  such  a  manner  that  it  may  injure  any 
such  shade  tree,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
two,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every  such  ofifense. 

Sec.  539.  Every  person  who  shall  willfully  and  maliciously  cut. 
bruise,  break,  injure,  destroy,  displace  or  carry  away  any  leaden 
trough  or  other  fixture  placed  upon  or  around  any  tree  in  said 
city,  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  the  same,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  every 
such  offense. 

Sec.  540.  Every  person  who  shall  hang,  affix  or  fasten  any  guy 
rope,  sign,  show-bill,  advertisement  or  other  thing,  of  any  descrip- 
tion whatever,  upon  or  to  any  tree,  in  any  street  or  public  square 
of  said  city  without  the  authority  or  permission  of  said  depart- 
ment shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  for  everv  such  offense. 


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BATH   HOUSE. 


Sec.  541.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  have  general  and 
exclusive  control  and  manag-ement  of  all  bath  houses  erected  by 
the  city. 

Said  director  shall  appoint  for  each  bath  house  and  place  in 
charge  thereof  a  keeper,  a  matron  and  such  other  assistants  as 
may  be  necessary.  He  shall  prescribe  and  define  their  respective 
powers  and  duties. 

Said  director  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  and 
alter  from  time  to  time  all  needful  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
use  of  the  privileges  of  each  bath  house,  and  the  maintenance  of 
order  and  safety  therein,  and  for  the  suspension  of  the  privileges 
of  the  bath  house  for  disobedience  to  said  rules  and  regulations. 
Said  director  shall  cause  said  rules  and  regulations  to  be  printed 
and  posted  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  each  bath  house. 

A  fee  of  five  cents  shall  be  charged  to  each  person  over  the  age 
of  sixteen  years  using  any  bath  house. 

PUBLIC    WHARF. 

Sec.  542.  The  director  of  public  works  shall  have  charge  and 
control  of  the  wharf  property  belonging  to  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  including  all  the  wharf  piers,  bulkheads,  and  structures 
thereon,  and  all  the  slips,  basins,  docks,  water  fronts,  land  under 
water,  and  structures  thereon,  and  the  appurtenances,  easements, 
uses,  reversions  and  rights  belonging  thereto,  which  are  now  pos- 
sessed or  owned  by  the  city  of  New  Haven,  or  to  which  said  city  of 
New  Haven  is  or  may  become  entitled,  and  shall  have  exclusive 
charge  and  control  of  the  repairing,  building,  rebuilding,  maintain- 
ing, altering,  strengthening,  leasing  and  protecting  of  said  property, 
and  every  part  thereof,  and  of  all  the  cleaning,  dredging  and  deep- 
ening necessary,  in  or  about  the  same. 

And  said  director  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  dockmaster, 
who  shall  perform  such  services  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  city 
ordinances  or  by  said  director. 

Sec.  543.  No  cargo  shall  be  discharged  from  any  vessel  upon 
any  pier,  bulkhead  or  wharf  structure,  at  which  such  vessel  is 
being  unladen,  after  notice  signed  and  served  by  the  dockmas- 
ter, upon  the  owners,  consignees,  master,  or  other  officer  or  steve- 
dore of  such  vessel,  that  such  pier,  bulkhead  or  structure  will  be 


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eiKlangvrcd  b}'  the  placins:,''  of  additional  carg-o  thereon,  under  a 
penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense,  and  a  further 
penalty  equal  in  amount  to  the  damac^es  of  ev^ery  description  which 
shall  be  caused  by  the  further  discharging'  of  cargo  upon  such 
pier,  bulkhead  or  structure,  after  the  service  of  such  notice,  both 
of  such  penalties  to  be  recovered  from  such  owner,  consignee, 
cargo,  vessel,  master  or  other  officer  or  stevedore,  severally  and 
respectively. 

Sec.  544.  No  manure,  ashes,  cellar  dirt,  garbage,  offal,  dead 
animals  or  refuse  of  any  kind  shall  be  received  or  delivered  at 
said  pier,  bulkhead,  wharf  structure  or  reclaimed  land,  or  placed 
thereon,  without  a  special  permit  to  be  applied  for  in  writing,  hav- 
ing first  been  obtained  from  the  department  of  public  w^orks, 
and  the  party  or  parties  receiving  or  discharging  said  manure,- 
ashes,  cellar  dirt,  garbage,  offal,  dead  animals,  or  refuse  of  any 
kind,  or  placing  the  same  on  any  bulkhead,  wharf  structure,  or 
reclaimed  land,  without  a  permit  obtained  therefor  as  specified, 
shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense, 
and  a  further  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  a  day  for  each  and 
every  day,  after  the  placing  the  same  on  any  pier,  bulkhead,  wharf 
structure  or  reclaimed  land,  until  the  removal  thereof,  to  be  re- 
covered from  the  ov>'ners,  agent,  consignee  of  the  vessel,  or  of  the 
manure,  ashes,  cellar  dirt,  garbage,  offal,  dead  animals  or  refuse 
of  any  kind  so  received,  delivered  or  deposited  severally  and 
respectively,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  dockmaster  to  enforce 
this  rule  and  report  any  violation  thereof. 

Sec.  545.  All  goods,  merchandise  and  materials  of  every  kind, 
landed  or  placed  on  any  pier,  bulkhead  or  other  wharf  structure, 
must  be  removed  therefrom  without  unnecessary  delay,  and  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  director  of  public  works,  or  his 
representative,  shall  have  served  upon  the  owner,  shipper,  or  con- 
signee of  such  cargo,  a  notice  signed  and  served  by  the  director 
of  public  works,  to  remove  the  same,  under  a  penalty  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  per  day  for  each  and  every  day  during  which  any  part 
of  said  goods,  merchandise  or  materials,  shall  remain  upon  such 
pier,  bulkhead  or  structure,  after  the  expiration  of  said  twenty- 
four  hours,  to  be  recovered  from  such  owners,  goods,  merchandise 
or  materials,  shipper  or  consignee,  severally  and  respectively. 

Sec.  546.  All  goods,  merchandise  and  materials  of  every  kind, 
encumbering   any   pier,   bulkhead   or   other   wharf    structure,    after 


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the  time  desiq'nated  for  the  removal  thereof,  shall  have  expired, 
will  be  liable  to  be  removed  by  the  authority  of  the  director  of 
public  works  to  any  warehouse  or  yard,  at  the  sole  risk  and  ex- 
pense of  the  owner  of  any  such  o-oods.  merchandise,  or  materials, 
and  all  expense  incurred  for  such  removal  and  storage,  or  other- 
wise, shall  be  and  become  a  lien  thereon,  and  such  goods,  mer- 
chandise or  materials  will  not  be  delivered  to  the  owner  until  the 
expense  of  such  removal  and  storage  has  been  paid. 

Sec.  547.  Xo  brick,  stone,  sand  or  gravel,  or  similar  material, 
shall  be  unloaded  on  any  wharf  property,  -unless  a  permit  therefor 
shall  be  issued  by  the  director  of  public  works. 

Sec.  548.  Xo  sand  or  similar  material  shall  be  discharged  from 
any  vessel,  unless  canvas  or  similar  material  be  extended  from 
the  vessel's  side  to  the  bulkhead  or  wharf  structure  at  which  such 
vessel  is  being  unladened,  to  prevent  the  falling  of  sand  into  the 
water,  and  if  the  surface  of  any  such  wharf  structure  is  not  suf- 
ficiently tight  to  prevent  the  sand  or  other  material  dumped  there- 
on from  going  into  the  water,  then  no  sand  or  similar  material 
shall  be  discharged  thereon  from  any  vessel,  unless  canvas  or 
similar  material  be  first  laid  thereon  to  receive  the  sand  or  similar 
material,  under  a  penalty  of  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  offense, 
to  be  recovered  from  the  cargo,  owner,  consignee,  master  or  steve- 
dore of  any  such  vessel,  severally  and  respectively. 

Sec.  549.  X"o  ashes,  refuse,  offal,  fruit,  vegetables  or  any  other 
substance  shall  be  thrown  into  the  water  surrounding  or  adjacent 
to  any  pier  or  bulkhead,  under  a  penalty  of  not  exceeding  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  such  offense,  to  be  recovered  from  the  per- 
son actually  throwing  the  same ;  or  if  any  substance  be  thrown 
from  any  vessel,  then  such  penalty  to  be  recovered  from  the  owner, 
consignee,  or  master  of  such  vessel,  severally  and  respectively. 

Sec.  550.  All  lumber,  brick  or  other  material  in  bulk,  dis- 
charged on  any  pier  or  bulkhead  not  shedded.  shall  be  at  once 
removed,  or  if  not  so  removed,  shall  be  placed  at  least  twenty  feet 
from  the  bulkhead  edge,  pending  removal,  under  a  penalty  of 
twenty-five  dollars  a  day  for  each  and  every  day  such  lumber, 
brick  or  other  material  shall  remain  on  the  bulkhead,  to  be  recov- 
ered from  the  owner  or  consignee  of  such  lumber,  brick  or  other 
material,  or  from  the  person  placing  of  causing  the  same  to  be 
placed  on  such  bulkhead,  severally  and  respectively. 


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Sec.  531.  Xo  person  shall  load,  discharge  or  kocj)  on  any 
wharf,  pier  or  bulkhead,  or  allow  to  remain  on  any  lighter,  barge 
or  other  craft  moored  to  the  wharves,  piers  or  bulkheads  of  the 
citv.  anv  cotton,  turpentine,  rosin,  hay,  straw,  or  other  inflam- 
mable merchandise,  unless  the  same  is  covered  with  tarpaulins, 
or  other  more  permanent  or  substantial  material,  under  a  penalty 
of  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for  each  day  or  fraction  of  a  day 
that  such  cotton,  turpentine,  rosin,  hay,  straw,  or  other  inflam- 
mable merchandise  shall  be  permitted  to  remain  uncovered,  as 
provided  in  this  rule ;  such  penalty  to  be  recovered  from  the 
owner  of  such  material,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any  pier,  wharf,  or 
bulkhead,  on  which  such  cotton,  turpentine,  rosin,  hay,  straw  or 
other  inflammable  merchandise  may  be  left  thus  exposed  in  contra- 
vention of  the  terms  of  this  regulation  or  from  the  owner  of  such 
material,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any  pier,  wharf  or  bulkhead,  to 
which  shall  be  moored  any  lighter,  barge,  or  other  craft,  upon 
which  inflammable  merchandise  shall  be  left  uncovered  as  herein 
provided. 

Sec.  552.  No  unharnessed  truck,  cart,  wagon  or  vehicle  of  any 
description  shall  be  placed  or  left  at  any  time  on  any  public  wharf, 
pier  or  bulkhead,  for  a  period  beyond  24  hours,  under  a  penalty  of 
five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  from  the  owner  of  said  unharnessed 
truck,  cart,  wagon,  or  vehicle.  Any  unharnessed  truck,  cart,  wagon 
or  vehicle  of  any  description  placed  or  left  on  any  marginal  street, 
wharf  or  place,  or  on  any  bulkhead,  pier  or  reclaimed  land  under 
the  charge  and  control  of  the  director  of  public  works,  shall  be 
removed  by  the  dockmaster.  to  a  place  designated  by  the  director, 
and  a  charge  of  not  less  than  fifty  cents  per  day  for  storage  on 
same  shall  be  and  become  a  lien  thereon,  and  such  unharnessed 
truck,  cart  or  wagon  or  vehicle  of  any  description,  will  not  be 
delivered  to  the  owner  until  such  fine  and  storage  fee  have  been 
paid. 

Sec.  553.  The  dockmaster  shall  promptly  designate  and  assign 
in  the  order  in  which  application  is  made,  suitable  and  convenient 
berths  as  far  as  practicable,  for  the  use  of  such  vessels  and  water 
craft  as  may  require  the  same  for  the  reception  or  discharge  of 
passengers,  merchandise,  or  other  property  therefrom,  and  for  the 
necessary  repair  or  safety  of  any  vessel  or  water  craft. 

Sec.  554.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  dockmaster,  in  the  pres- 
ence   of    the    captain    or    person    in  charge  of  vessel,  to  punch  in 


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triplicate,  the  wharfage  tickets,  for  wharfage  due  to  the  city  of 
New  Haven,  from  all  vessels  and  water  craft  that  may  be  moored 
within  the  limits  of  his  district,  and  to  transmit  each  day  to  the 
director  of  public  works  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  unless  other- 
wise ordered  by  said  director,  ticket  No.  two,  giving  the  date, 
name,  home  port,  and  the  description  of  the  vessel,  the  name  and 
address  of  owner,  agent  or  consignee  thereof,  and  the  wharf,  pier, 
or  bulkhead  at  which  such  vessel  or  water  craft  is  located,  and 
shall  submit  therewith  a  statement  showing  the  amount  of  accrued 
wharfage,  cash  and  credit.  Ticket  No.  one  shall  be  retained  by 
the  dockmaster;  No.  three  shall  be  delivered  to  said  owner,  agent, 
consignee  or  representative. 

Sec.  555.  The  dockmaster  shall  make  return  to  the  treasurer, 
at  such  an  hour  as  may  be  designated  by  the  director  of  public 
W'Orks,  on  Tuesday  of  each  week,  or  as  much  oftener  as  may  be 
required  by  the  board  of  finance,  of  all  wharfage  or  cranage  col- 
lected by  him  during  the  previous  week,  and  shall  render  to  the 
director  of  public  works  a  statement,  as  often  as  once  a  month, 
and  as  much  oftener  as  may  be  required  by  said  director,  of  all 
wharfage  and  cranage  due  to  the  city  of  New  Haven,  which  has 
accrued  during  the  period  since  the  last  report,  specifying  the 
amount  accrued  at  each  particular  wharf,  pier,  or  bulkhead. 

Sec.  556.  The  dockmaster  is  expressly  prohibited,  under  the 
penalty  of  immediate  dismissal  from  his  position,  from  receiving 
or  demanding,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  fee,  gratuity,  compensa- 
tion or  article  of  value  of  any  nature  or  kind,  for  the  assignment 
of  a  berth  to  a  vessel  at  any  pier,  slip  or  wharf  property  whatso- 
ever, or  for  the  performance  of  or  omission  to  perform  any  of  the 
duties  required  of  or  appertaining  to  the  position  of  dockmaster 
of  this  department. 

Sec.  557.  The  dockmaster  shall  prevent  any  accumulation  of 
material  upon  the  piers,  wharfs  or  bulkheads ;  and  whenever  any 
pier,  wharf  or  bulkhead  shall  be  incumbered  or  obstructed  in  its 
free  use  by  any  vessel,  merchandise  or  material,  in  transit  or 
otherwise,  or  by  any  structure,  incumbrance  or  obstruction,  not 
authorized  or  permitted  by  this  ordinance,  the  director  of  public 
works  is  authorized  to  require  the  owner,  agent,  consignee  or 
person  occupying  or  in  charge  of  such  to  remove  the  same 
without  delay.  Upon  receiving  such  order,  the  owner,  agent,  con- 
signee or  person   in  charge  of  the   vessel,   merchandise,   material. 


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structure,  incuuil)rance  or  obstruction,  as  the  case  may  be,  in 
reference  to  which  said  order  or  direction  was  given,  shall  comply 
with  the  same  without  delay,  and  in  default  thereof,  the  director 
of  public  works  may  employ  such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary 
to  carr\-  into  effect  his  order  or  decision  by  the  removal  of  such 
vessel,  merchandise,  material,  structure,  incumbrance  or  obstruc- 
tion in  respect  to  which  the  order  was  given.  y\il  expenses  actually 
and  necessarily  incurred  in  effecting  such  removal,  and  for  stor- 
age of  merchandise  or  materials  thus  removed,  shall  be  paid  by 
the  owner,  agent,  consignee  or  person  in  charge,  and  the  amount 
thereof  shall  be  a  lien  upon  the  same  in  favor  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven. 

CARGO    WHARFAGE. 

Sec.  558.     All  goods  or  merchandise  on  the  wharves  shall  be  at 

the  sole  risk  of  the  owner. 

Maximum  wharfage  on  all  goods  or  merchandise  for  each  thirty 

days  or  fractional  part  thereof  shall  be  as  follows : 

Cents. 

Acids,  per  carboy  2 

Ammunition,  per  case    1 

Ashes,  per  ton 7 

Barrels,   empty  oil    1 

Barrels,  empty  flour  ^ 

Brick,  fire,  per  1.000 15 

Brick,  building,  per  1,000 12^^ 

Brick,  paving,  per  1,000   12^2 

Bones,  per  ton  12^^ 

Barytes,  per  ton   7 

Brick,  hollow    10 

Cabbage,  per  100  bushels,  10  cabbage  to  the  bushel 30 

Coal,  per  ton  7 

Carboys,  empty,  each    ^ 

Clay,  per  ton 7 

Cement,  per  barrel    1 

Dyewoods,  per  ton   12^4 

Earthenware,  per  ton I2y2 

Excelsior,  in  bales,  each 2 

Fish,  per  100  lbs 1 

Flour,  per  barrel 1 


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Cents. 

Fertilizer,  per  ton  12^2 

Flour,  in  bags,  100  lbs ^2 

Grain  and  Feed,  in  bags,  per  ton  net 12^-^ 

Grindstone,  per  ton   12^2 

Gun  stocks,  per  1,000 25 

Gravel,  per  ton    7 

Hair,  per  ton   12^^-2 

Hay,  per  bale  2 

Horns,  per  ton   12J/2 

Hoop  poles,  per  1.000   25 

Ice,  per  ton  7 

Iron,  all  kinds,  per  ton 12^^] 

Junk,  per  ton   12_^ 

Lumber,  per  M  feet 10 

Lumber,  Lath,  per  1.000 2 

Shingles,  per  1,000  2 

Pickets,  per  M  feet 10 

Staves,  per  1,000  12yi 

Poles,  under  4  inches,  per  1,000 25 

Telegraph  Poles,  each   8 

Piles,  each    8 

Manure,  per  ton   7 

Molasses,  per  hhd 10 

Molasses,  per  tierce   6 

Molasses,  per  barrel    3 

Melons,  per  1,000   20 

Nails,  per  keg   1 

Oil,   per  barrel    3 

Oranges,  per  crate  1 

Ore,  per  ton   7 

Onions,  per  100  bushels   30 

Oysters,  per  100  bushels  50 

Powder,  per  keg  1 

Powder,  per  half  barrel 1>4 

Potatoes,  per  100  bushels 30 

Plaster,  per  barrel 1 

Plaster,  per  ton   7 

Rags,  per  ton   15 

Salt,  per  ton   7 


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Cents, 


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Salt,  per  sack   1 

Slate,  per  ton   12^4 

Shocks,    each    1 

Sugar,   per  hhd 12j/^- 

Sugar,  per  barrel    3 

Sugar,  per  tierce 6 

Spikes,  per  keg 1 

Sand,  per  ton   7 

Stone,  all  kinds,  per  ton 12^ 

Stoneware,  per  ton  12^ 

R.  R.  Ties,  each  ^4 

Wood,  per  cord  6 


VESSEL  WHARFAGE    (dOCKAGE). 

Maximum  Rates. 

Sec.  559.  Loaded  sailing  vessels.  One  cent  per  ton  per  day 
registered  tonnage.  One-half  cent  per  ton  per  day  when  unload- 
ing to  lighter.  One-half  cent  per  ton  per  day  while  occupying 
outside  berth  or  awaiting  convenience. 

Light  Vessels.     One-half  cent  per  ton  per  day. 

Barges  and  Boats.  (Except  those  awaiting  convenience.)  One 
cent  per  ton  per  day. 

Barges  and  boats  (awaiting  convenience).  Loaded,  $1.00  per 
day.     Light,  50  cents  per  day. 

Steamboats.  Carrying  local  excursion  parties,  no  charge. 
Carrying   other    excursion    parties,    $10.00    each    landing. 

Minimum  Charge.  Fifty  cents  on  everything  that  is  not  over 
50  tons  register. 

Vessels  hauled  up  at  wharf  for  the  winter,  as  may  be  agreed 
with  the  director  of  public  works. 

The  director  of  public  works  is  authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to 
reduce  the  rates  in  any  case  in  which,  at  any  time,  they  may  be 
in  excess  of  rates  charged  elsewhere  in  the  city,  to  a  level  with 
such  charges. 

The  director  of  public  works  is  also  authorized  to  classify  all 
articles  which  may  not  be  mentioned  in  this  list,  with  such  articles 
in  the  list,  as  in  his  judgment  most  nearly  represent  corresponding 


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requirements  and  conditions,  or  to  make  a  new  rate,  intermediate 
between  any  two  rates,  and  to  correspond  with  any  rate  which  may 
have  been  previously  estabHshed  at  other  wharves  in  the  city. 

loading  and  unloading  charges. 
Sec.  560. 

Loading  or  unloading  Lumber 25  cents  per  M  feet. 

Pig  Iron 73/2  cents  per  ton. 

Merchant  Iron   .  . .  Actual  cost  of  handling. 

Grindstone    ^    " 

Asphalt  paving  blocks  ....  30  cents  per  ton. 
Hoisting,  Coal  and  General  Merchandise,  (except 

Pig  Iron)   10  cents  per  ton. 

Hoisting  Pig  Iron 7^  cents  per  ton. 

Loading  Brick  15  cents  per  ton. 

Use  of  Engine  and  Engineer $10.00  per  day. 

Guying 1  cent  per  ton 

Weighing 4  cents  per  ton. 

Shoveling,  Ashes 10  cents  per  ton. 

"  Barytes 10  cents  per  ton. 

"  Coal 8  cents  per  ton. 

"  Salt 8  cents  per  ton. 

"  Sand 8  cents  per  ton. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Sec.  561.  Nine  hours  shall  constitute  and  be  considered  a  day's 
work  in  the  case  of  any  laborer  employed  by  the  city  of  New 
Haven. 

Sec.  562.  All  the  employes  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  be 
paid  weekly. 

Sec.  563.  All  fertilizing  and  other  material  taken  from  the 
streets  and  sewers  of  the  city,  and  all  manure  from  the  stables  of 
the  fire  department  which  is  not  required  for  the  use  of  said  de- 
partment, shall  be  delivered  by  the  department  collecting  or  fur- 
nishing the  same  to  the  department  of  public  parks  at  such  parks 
as  may  be  designated  by  the  president  of  the  park  commission, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  mayor. 

All  manure  from  the  stables  of  the  department  of  public 
works,  and  of  the  police  department    which    is    not    required  for 


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use  by  said  departments  sliall  be  turned  over  to  the  department 
of  charities  and  correction  for  use  at  Springside  Farm.  Said 
manure,  when  taken  by  the  department  of  charities  and  cor- 
rection, shall  be  carted  by  the  teams  of  said  department  within  a 
reasonable  time  after  the  superintendent  is  notified  that  a  load 
is  ready  at  any  one  place.  One  cord  of  clear  manure  to  be  con- 
sidered a  load. 

Sec.  564.  All  sums  of  money  due  the  city  of  Xew  Haven  for 
the  laying  of  cobble  gutters,  curbing,  sidewalks,  cleaning  snow,  ice 
or  sleet  from  the  sidewalk,  or  for  any  other  work  done  by  the  de- 
partment of  public  works,  for  permits,  and  for  liens  and  for  the 
discharge  of  the  same,  shall  be  paid  to  the  collector. 


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CHAPTER  XXIV. 
RAILROADS  AND  STEAMBOATS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

565.  Railroad  companies  to  conform      571.     No  person  allowed  to  stand  on 

to  the  grade  of  streets,  etc.  platform  with   motorman  ex- 

566.  Companies  to  bear  proportion-  cept  employe. 

ate   expense   of  paving,   etc. ;  572.     Cars  to  be  equipped  with  fend- 
director   of   public    works    to  ers. 

see    that    companies   conform  573.     Motormen  to  strike  gong  at  in- 
to   the    provisions     of    their  tersecting  streets,  etc. 

charters,  etc.  574.     Companies    must   post    copy   of 

567.  Penalty.  ordinance  in  its  cars. 

568.  Rate  of  speed  of  street  railway  575-576.     Penalties. 

cars   limited.  577.     Snow,   ice,  etc.,  to  be  removed 

569.  Upon       crossing       intersecting  from     sidewalks,     on     bridge 

street  power  to  be  shut  oflf.  over  sidewalks,  etc. 

570.  Car  when  passing  another  car      578.     Steamboat       to       have      gang- 

receiving  or  discharging  pas-  planks ;   penalty. 

sengers    must    come    to    full 

stop. 

STREET   RAILROADS — GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

Sec.  565.  Any  raiiroad  company  already  chartered  or  hereaf- 
ter chartered,  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  passengers  for  hire 
through  the  streets  of  said  city,  shall,  in  the  construction  and 
maintenance  of  their  railroad  tracks  within  the  limits  of  said  city, 
conform  to  the  grades  of  the  several  streets  used  by  them  as  the 
same  are  now  Or  may  hereafter  be  established,  so  that  the  public 
travel  shall  in  no  case  be  hindered,  obstructed  or  endangered 
thereby;  and  they  are  hereby  required  to  restore  all  streets  tra- 
versed by  their  said  railroad  tracks,  to  as  good  condition,  with  ref- 
erence to  surface,  material,  and  freedom  of  travel,  as  they  were  in 
before  such  railroad  company  entered  thereupon. 

Sec.  566.  Whenever  the  city  shall  construct  in  any  street,  over 
which  the  railroad  tracks  of  any  railroad  company  are  laid,  any 
wood,  stone  or  other  pavement,  said  railroad  company  shall  bear 
a  proportionate  part  of  the  expense  of  such  paving,  and  shall 
thereafter  keep  in  proper  repair  all  that  portion  of  such  street 
lying  between  the  rails  of  their  railroad  tracks,  and  extending  to 
a  width  of  two  feet  on  both  sides  of  such  railroad  tracks ;  such  re- 


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pair  to  be  done  to  the  satisfaction  and  approval  of  the  director  of 
pubUc  works. 

The  director  of  pubHc  works  is  hereby  directed  to  see  that  said 
railroad  companies  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  their 
railroads,  conform  to  the  provisions  of  their  charters,  and  to  the 
g-eneral  statute  laws  of  the  state ;  and  that  the  provisions  of  the 
foregoing  sections  of  this  ordinance  are  complied  with. 

Sec.  567,  Any  such  railroad  company  offending  against  any  of 
the  provisions  of  the  foregoing  section  of  this  ordinance,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such 
offense ;  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day  that  the  railroad  tracks  of 
anv  such  railroad  company  shall  remain  in  violation  of  any  of  the 
provisions  of  the  foregoing  sections  after  such  railroad  company 
has  received  notice  from  the  department  of  public  works  to  repair 
or  otherwise  change  the  same. 

REGULATING  SPEED  OF  STREET  RAILROADS,  ETC. 

Sec.  568.  No  street  railway  car  shall  move  or  be  moved  through 
any  street  or  part  of  any  street  within  a  radius  of  one  mile  from 
the  city  hall  at  a  speed  greater  than  at  the  rate  of  ten  miles  an 
hour ;  beyond  that  radius  at  a  speed  greater  than  at  a  rate  of  twelve 
miles  an  hour. 

Sec.  569.  Upon  approaching  a  crossing  of  intersecting  street 
upon  level  and  descending  ground  within  a  radius  of  one  mile 
of  the  city  hall,  the  motorman  shall  shut  off  the  power  and  have 
the  car  under  control  until  the  opposite  crossing  has  been  passed. 

Sec.  570.  No  street  railway  car  shall  be  allowed  to  pass  an- 
other car  standing  on  a  parallel  track  in  the  same  street  to  receive 
or  deliver  passengers  without  coming  to  a  full  stop  to  allow  the 
safe  ingress  and  egress  of  such  passengers. 

Sec.  571.  No  person  (except  an  employe,  when  necessary), 
shall  be  allowed  to  stand  on  the  platform  of  any  street  railway  car 
propelled  by  motive  power  other  than  horses,  with  the  motorman 
or  person  having  control  of  the  speed  of  such  car. 

Sec.  572.  Every  street  railway  company  operating  street  rail- 
way cars  propelled  by  motive  power  other  than  horses,  shall  equip 
every  such  car  with  good  and  effective  fenders  and  of  such  design 
and  type  as  shall  be  recommended  by  the  railroad  commissioners 
of  the  state. 

Sec.  573.  Every  motorman  or  person  having  control  of  the 
speed  of  any  railroad  car  propelled  by   any  motive  power  other 


000 

than  horses,  shall  strike  a  gong  or  bell  several  times  on  approach- 
ing the  crossing  of  a  street  or  the  intersection  of  a  street,  and 
within  one  hundred  feet  of  such  crossing  or  intersection,  and  shall 
strike  a  gong  or  bell  at  such  other  places  and  times  as  to  fully  and 
amply  warn  any  and  all  persons  in  the  vicinity,  and  shall  keep  a 
vigilant  outlook  for  all  persons  and  all  teams,  carriages  and  vehi- 
cles of  all  kinds. 

Sec.  574.  Every  street  railway  company  shall  post  copies  of 
this  ordinance  in  conspicuous  places  in  each  of  its  car  houses  so 
that  they  can  be  conveniently  and  plainly  seen  and  read  by  such 
company's  employes,  and  shall  also  post  in  a  conspicuous  place  in 
•each  of  its  cars  a  copy  of  said  ordinance  so  that  it  can  be  conven- 
iently and  plainly  seen  and  read  by  the  patrons  of  such  street  rail- 
way company. 

Sec.  575.  Any  motorman  or  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  sections  568,  569,  570,  571  and  573,  and  any  member 
of  any  corporation  who  causes  any  motorman  to  violate  the  pro- 
visions of  any  of  said  sections,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  576.  Any  street  railway  corporation  or  person  operating 
street  railways  within  the  city  of  New  Haven  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  sections  572  and  574,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

RAILROADS  AND  STEAMBOATS. 

Sec,  577.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  railroad  company  owning 
or  using  any  railroad  track  in  said  city,  over  which  there  is  a  bridge 
for  the  use  of  foot  passengers,  to  cause  the  snow,  ice  or  sleet  to  be 
removed  from  the  footway  or  sidewalk  on  such  bridge,  at  the 
times,  in  the  manner,  and  under  the  penalties  provided  in  section 
524  of  the  ordinance  concerning  public  works. 

Sec.  578.  Every  steamboat  employed  in  the  transportation  of 
passengers  to  and  from  the  port  of  New  Haven  shall  be  provided 
with  a  gang-plank,  at  least  six  feet  wide,  having  a  hand-rail  at 
least  three  feet  high  on  each  side  thereof,  and  such  gang-plank 
shall  be  used  in  all  cases  for  the  safe  and  convenient  landing  and 
embarking  of  passengers  only. 

The  owner  or  master  of  any  steamboat  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  section,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  twenty- 
five  dollars  for  every  such  oft'ense ;  and  a  like  penalty  for  every  day 
Ihat  such  steamboat  shall  remain  without  such  gang-plank. 


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CHAPTER  XXV. 
STEAM  BOILERS. 

Sec.  Sec. 

579.  Board  of  supervisors ;  how  ap-      586.     Board  to  keep   record,  and  re- 

pointed  ;    term   of   office ;    va-  port  to  board  of  aldermen, 

cancy,  how  filled,  etc.  587.     Engineers     to     be     responsible, 

580.  Board  to  make  rules  and  regu-  etc. ;  penalty. 

lations.  588.     Certificate      of     inspection     by 

581.  Inspector ;  how  appointed.  Hartford    Steam    Boiler    In- 

582.  Inspector;  duties  of.  spection   Company  and  other 

583.  Boilers  not  to  be  set  except  by  companies    to    dispense    with 

permission  of  board.  further     inspection      by     the 

584.  Boilers  to  be  inspected  once  in  board,  etc. 

each    year ;    compensation    of      o80.     Said       companies      to       report 
inspector ;  penalty.  monthly  to  the  board,  etc. 

585.  Not    to     apply    to    boilers     on       590.     Said  companies  not  to  make  in- 

steamboats,  or  those  used  for  spections    except   upon    appli- 

warming  buildings ;  when.  cation  for  insurance,  etc. 

Sec.  579.  There  shall  be  a  board  of  supervisors,  for  the  super- 
vision of  portable  and  stationary  steam  boilers,  in  said  city.  Said 
board  shall  consist  of  three  judicious  men,  skilled  in  the  manage- 
ment of  steam  boilers,  elected  by  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Said  board  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  May,  elect  a  member 
of  said  board,  who  shall  hold  office  for  three  years  from  the  first 
Tuesday  in  June  next  succeeding  his  election,  and  until  another 
shall  be  chosen  and  qualified  in  his  stead.  And  in  case  of  the  death, 
resignation  or  removal  of  any  member  of  said  board,  said  board  shall 
immediately  elect  another  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

Sec.  580.  Said  board  of  supervisors  shall  make  such  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  manner  of  setting  and  using  portable  and  sta- 
tionary steam  boilers  in  said  city,  as  they  shall  deem  necessary  for 
safety,  and  for  thorough  and  convenient  inspection. 

Sec.  581.  Said  board  shall  annually  appoint  some  suitable  prac- 
tical engineer  to  be  an  inspector  of  portable  and  stationary  steam 
boilers,  who  shall  be  removable  by  said  board  for  cause. 


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Sec.  582.  Said  inspector  of  boilers,  subject  to  the  direction  of 
said  board,  shall  carefully  examine,  at  least  once  in  each  year,  and 
oftener  if  said  board  shall  think  necessary,  every  steam  boiler  in 
use  in  said  city,  and  make  such  orders  under  his  hand  upon  the 
owners  or  persons  operating-  the  same,  as  he  shall  judge  necessary 
to  make  the  use  thereof  safe,  and  in  conformity  with  these  ordi- 
nances, and  with  rules  of  said  board,  and  said  orders,  rules  and 
ordinances  being-  complied  with,  and  not  otherwise,  he  shall  furnish 
to  the  person  operating  such  boiler  a  certificate  that  the  same  has 
been  duly  examined  and  found  to  conform  ,with  law. 

Every  person  owning-  or  operating-  such  boiler  shall  keep  said 
certificate  at  all  times  conspicuously  posted  in  the  room  or  rooms 
where  such  boiler  is  located. 

Said  inspector  shall  report  to  said  board  the  location,  capacity 
and  condition  of  every  boiler  examined  by  him,  and  the  substance 
of  every  order  issued  by  him. 

He  shall  have  charge  of  and  be  responsible  for  the  boiler-tester, 
and  any  other  implements  belonging  to  the  city,  and  used  in  the 
business  of  said  ofiice. 

Sec.  583.  No  person  shall  hereafter  set,  or  cause  to  be  set,  or 
put  in  operation  or  continue  in  operation,  in  said  city,  any  porta- 
ble or  stationary  steam  engine  or  portable  or  stationary  steam 
boiler,  except  by  permission  of  said  board  of  supervisors,  upon 
written  application  therefor,  under  the  hand  of  the  proprietor. 

Every  application  for  permission  under  this  section  shall  state 
the  precise  location  in  which  such  engine  or  boiler  is  to  be  placed, 
the  size  or  power  of  the  boiler  and  engine,  the  purpose  for  which 
it  is  to  be  used,  and  any  other  particulars  required  by  the  rules  of 
said  board. 

Sec.  584.  Every  person  owning  or  operating  any  portable  or 
stationary  steam  boilers  in  said  city,  shall  have  them  examined  by 
said  inspector,  before  they  shall  be  put  in  use,  at  least  once  in  each 
year,  and  shall  pay  said  inspector  for  examining  the  same,  at  the 
rate  of  one  dollar  per  hour,  including  the  time  spent  in  going  and 
returning,  before  receiving  his  certificate,  and  shall  forthwith  con- 
form to  the  riiles  of  said  board,  and  the  orders  of  said  inspector. 

Every  person  who  shall  use.  or  cause  to  be  used,  in  said  city,  any 
portable  or  stationary  steam  boiler,  without  first  having  received 
a  certificate  of  the  inspector,  as  heretofore  provided,  within  the 
year   next  preceding,   and   upon   the   last   preceding  inspection,   or 


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without  first  complying  with  llir  rules  and  regulations  of  said  board, 
and  the  orders  of  said  inspector,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty 
of  fifty  dollars  for  every  day  in  which  such  boiler  shall  be  so  used. 

Every  person  who  shall  violate  any  other  provision  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  ofi^ense. 

Sec.  585.  Nothing  in  this  (jrdinance  shall  be  so  construed  as 
to  include  or  apply  to  boilers  on  steamboats ;  nor  to  boilers  used  for 
warming  buildings  or  other  purposes,  when  such  boilers  do  not 
carry  a  pressure  of  steam  exceeding  five  pounds. 

Sec.  586.  Said  board  shall  make  and  keep  a  record  of  all  port- 
able and  stationary  steam  boilers  used  in  said  city,  and  of  all  re- 
ports and  complaints  made  to  Liiem,  and  of  all  their  acts  under  this 
ordinance,  and  shall  annually  make  report  thereof  to  the  board 
of  aldermen. 

Sec.  587.  The  engineer  in  charge  of  any  portable  or  station- 
ary steam  boiler  shall  be  responsible  for  the  good  condition  of  the 
same,  and  of  the  steam  and  water  gauges,  pumps  and  pipes  con- 
nected therewith  when  in  use. 

Every  engineer  in  charge  of  any  portable  or  stationary  steam 
boiler  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  every  day  in  which  he  shall  suffer  such  boiler  to 
be  used  with  any  of  said  apparatus  out  of  order. 

And  the  proprietor  of  any  such  boiler  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a 
Hke  penalty  for  every  day  in  which  he  shall  knowingly  suffer  or 
permit  the  same  to  be  used  in  violation  of  the  foregoing  provisions 
•of  this  section. 

Sec.  588.  The  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection  and  Insur- 
ance Company,  or  any  company  incorporated  by  this  state  or  by 
some  other  of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting 
steam  boilers,  that  has  complied  with  the  insurance  laws  of  the 
state  of  Connecticut  and  legally  doing  business  therein,  shall  be 
authorized  to  issue  policies  of  insurance  and  certificates  of  inspec- 
tion on  boilers  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  any  person,  persons 
or  corporations  holding  such  certificates  of  inspection  of  their  boil- 
ers, the  same  being  accepted,  endorsed  and  recorded  by  the  board 
of  supervisors  of  stationary  steam  boilers  of  the  city  of  New  Ha- 
ven, and  unrevoked  by  them,  and  in  force,  shall  be  exempt  from 
any  further  inspection,  and  from  the  penalty  provided  in  section  584 
lof  the  ordinance  relating  to  steam  boilers. 


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Sec.  589.  Said  steam  boiler  inspection  and  insurance  compa- 
nies shall  report  monthly  to  the  board  of  supervisors  of  steam 
boilers  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  the  condition  of  all  boilers  that 
have  been  inspected  by  them  during  the  previous  month,  with  the 
name  of  the  owner  or  owners  and  locality  of  the  same,  and  if  any 
of  the  certificates  of  inspection  and  insurance  are  not  renewed,  or 
arc  withdrawn,  or  if  upon  inspection  of  any  boiler  it  is  found  de- 
fective and  unsafe,  and  the  owner  or  owners  refuse  to  put  it  in 
proper  repair,  notice  in  writing  shall  at  once  be  given  to  said  board, 
so  that  no  boiler  within  the  city  shall  go  uninspected  or  be  in  use 
while  in  an  unsafe  condition,  and  for  each  and  every  omission  to 
give  such  notice  said  company  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  fifty 
dollars. 

Sec.  590.  The  inspectors  of  said  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  In- 
spection and  Insurance  Company,  or  of  any  company  incorporated 
by  this  state  or  by  some  other  of  the  United  States  for  the  pur- 
post  of  inspecting  steam  boilers  and  legally  doing  business  in  the 
state  of  Connecticut,  shall  not  be  allowed  to  make  inspections  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  except  where  application  for  policies  of 
insurance  are  applied  for,  and  all  the  operations  of  said  company,  so 
far  as  boiler  attachments  and  safeguards  are  concerned,  shall  con- 
form strictly  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  steam  boilers. 


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CHAPTER  XXVI. 

TAXES. 

Sec.  Sec. 

591.  Special  taxes.  503.     Board   of  aldermen    may   abate 

592.  Mayor  and  board  of  finance  to  taxes  in  certain  cases. 

prepare  and  sign  proper  rate-  594.     Sinking    funds,    etc. ;     commit- 
bill ;  mayor  to  cause  rate-bill  tees  ;  how  appointed,  etc. 

and  warrant  to  be   delivered  595.     Board   of  assessors ;    taxes  ex- 
to  collector.  empted. 

Sec.  591.  Whenever  the  board  of  finance  shall  deem  it  neces- 
sary to  lay  a  special  tax,  estimates  shall  be  submitted  and  pub- 
lished in  like  manner  as  for  an  annual  tax. 

Sec.  592.  Whenever  any  tax  has  been  duly  laid,  the  mayor  and 
the  board  of  finance  shall  prepare  and  sign  a  proper  rate  bill 
therefor,  and  the  mayor  shall  cause  such  rate  bill  with  a  proper 
warrant  for  the  collection  of  such  tax  to  be  delivered  to  the 
collector. 

Sec.  593.  The  mayor  and  board  of  aldermen  of  the  city  of 
New  Haven  may  abate  the  taxes  assessed  against  persons  who  are 
poor  and  unable  to  pay,  causing  an  entry  thereof  to  be  made  upon 
the  records  of  the  said  board  and  a  duplicate  thereof  to  be  deliv- 
ered to  the  collector. 

Sec.  594.  The  board  of  aldermen  may  from  time  to  time 
establish  a  sinking  fund,  or  sinking  funds,  to  provide  for  or 
reduce  any  indebtedness  of  said  city,  and  may  appoint  a  sinking 
fund  committee  to  receive  and  manage  any  appropriations  made 
to  such  fund,  and  said  board  may  from  time  to  time  make  such 
appropriations  to  such  funds  as  they  may  deem  proper,  from  the 
taxes  or  surplus  of  said  city.  A  sinking  fund  committee  for 
every  such  fund  shall  be  appointed  by  said  board  annually. 

Sec.  595.  The  board  of  assessors  shall  annually,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  June,  present  to  the  mayor,  to  be  by  him  presented 
to  the  board  of  aldermen,  an  accurate,  detailed  statement  of  all 
lands  and  buildings  on  which  local  taxes  are  not  assessed,  giving 
locations,  descriptions,  assessors'  valuations,  names  of  owners,  and 
reasons   for  exemptions. 


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CHAPTER  XXVII. 


TRADE. 


599. 


GOO. 


COl. 


Sec.  Sec. 

596.     Coal;  how  sold.  611. 

597-598.     Coal  to  be   weighed  at   the 
request  of  the  buyer,  etc. 

Coal  not  to  be  taken  from  the 
cart  while  in  transit  to  place 
of  delivery,   etc.  612. 

Charcoal ;  how  measured  and 
sold. 

No    vender    of    charcoal    shall      613. 
have  in  his  possession  meas- 
ures of  less   dimensions  than 
required    by    next    preceding       614. 
section,  or  not  sealed  as  there- 
in provided.  615. 

Cord  wood  to  be  measured  at 
request  of  the  purchaser  ;  pen- 
alty. 

Bootblacks  to  be  licensed  by 
chief  of  police.  616. 

Number  of  license  to  be  fast- 
ened on  box.  617. 

Revocation. 

No  license  fee  to  be  charged. 

Peddling  papers  by  minor  under       618. 
ten  prohibited. 

Penalty  for  parents,  etc., 
knowingly  permitting  same. 

GUNPOWDER. 

No  person  to  keep  gunpowder 
in  any  quantity  exceeding  fif-       619. 
teen  pounds  unless  licensed  by 
the  board  of  aldermen. 

Licensed  persons  not  to  keep 
gunpowder  in  any  greater 
quantity  than  twenty-five 
pounds  at  any  one  time ;  same 
to  be  kept  in  box,  etc. 


602. 


603. 

604. 

605. 
606. 
607. 

608. 


609. 


610 


Transportation  of  gunpowder 
through  the  city ;  to  be  li- 
censed by  mayor,  fire  mar- 
shal and  chief  of  fire  depart- 
ment. 

Time  for  transportation  of  gun- 
powder ;  penalty  for  obstruct- 
ing. 

Transportation  of  gunpowder 
in  passenger  steamboats  or 
cars  prohibited. 

Penalty  for  violation  of  five 
next  preceding  sections. 

Mayor  may  issue  search  war- 
rant authorizing  fire  marshal 
to  search  for  gunpowder  in 
certain  cases ;  penalty  for  ob- 
structing. 

No  person  to  sell  arms  or  am- 
munition  to   children. 

Fireworks  not  to  be  sold  or  ex- 
posed for  sale  without  license 
fee  for,   etc. 

Every  license  for  sale  of  gun- 
powder to  conform  to  and 
have  printed  thereon  sections 
609  and  610. 

INFLAMMABLE    OILS,    ETC. 

No  person  to  manufacture,  re- 
fine, sell,  etc..  petroleum,  ben- 
zine, etc.,  except  one  barrel  of 
refined  petroleum  of  a  stand- 
ard fire  test  of  110°  Fahren- 
heit kept  on  sale  or  storage, 
unless  licensed  In-  the  fire 
marshal. 


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Sec.  Sec. 

G"20.     Applications    for   license    under  (J'25.     Sale  of  kerosene  oil,  etc.,  to  be 
preceding  section ;  how  made ;  licensed  bj-  the  fire  marshal, 

granting    of    licenses;    provi-  020.     Form  of  application  for  license 
sions.  under   preceding   section,    ap- 

021.  Licenses  to  contain  certain  con-  peals,  etc. 

ditions,  etc.  027.     Test  for  kerosene  oil,  etc. 

022.  Sale  of  inflammables  in  dwell-      028.     Drawing    kerosene,     etc. ;     dis- 

ings,    or    wharves    or    except  tance  from  light. 

in  original  unbroken  recepta-  029.     No  machine,  etc.,  containing  in- 

cle  prohibited.  flammable    substances    to    be 

023.  Petroleum  products,  and  ben-  located    in    city    without    li- 

zine  test  required.  cense  therefor;  penalty. 

024.  Automobile      storage,      stations       030.     Nitro  glycerine. 

regulations  and  requirements.      031.     Penalty. 

Sec.  596.  Anthracite,  bituniinous,  or  mineral  coal,  when  sold 
in  quantities  of  five  hundred  pounds  or  more,  except  by  the  cargo, 
shall  be  sold  by  weight;  and  a  ton  thereof  shall  consist  of  two 
thousand  pounds,  avoirdupois,  of  well  screened  coal. 

Sec.  597.  Any  person  selling  coal  as  aforesaid,  shall,  at  the 
request  of  the  buyer,  cause  each  load  thereof  sold  by  him  to  be 
weighed  by  a  sworn  public  weigher  in  said  city,  and  a  certificate  of 
the  weight  thereof,  signed  by  such  weigher,  shall  be  delivered  to 
the  buyer,  or  his  agent,  at  the  time  of  the  delivery  of  the  coal. 

Sec.  598.  When  demanded  by  the  buyer  of  any  anthracite, 
bituminous,  or  mineral  coal  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  driver  of  the  cart  containing  such  coal,  to  cause  the  same, 
together  with  such  cart,  to  be  immediately  weighed  upon  the 
most  convenient  public  scales,  other  than  those  upon  w^hich  the 
same  has  been  already  weighed,  and  to  deliver  without  unneces- 
sary delay  such  coal  at  the  place  of  delivery,  and  at  the  same  time 
to  deliver  to  such  buyer,  or  his  authorized  agent,  a  certificate  of 
the  weight  of  such  coal,  signed  by  such  public  weigher. 

When  any  load  of  coal,  as  aforesaid,  has  been  carted  and  weighed 
upon  demand  of  the  buyer  as  provided  in  this  section,  such  buyer 
shall  pay  to  said  driver  fifty  cents  for  such  carting,  and  the  fees  of 
the  public  weigher. 

Sec.  599.  No  driver  of  any  cart  shall  give  away,  purloin,  sell, 
or  remove  any  coal,  or  allow  any  coal  to  be  taken  or  fall  from  his 
cart  while  in  transit  to  the  place  of  delivery,  or  to  or  from  the 
place  of  weighing. 


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Sec.  600.  All  charcoal  sold  by  the  bushel,  basket,  box,  or 
measure  for  measuring  charcoal  in  said  city,  shall  be  measured  in 
baskets,  boxes  or  measures  of  the  capacity  of  two  bushels  and  no 
more  when  even  full,  and  said  baskets,  boxes,  or  measures  shall  in 
all  cases  be  sealed  by  a  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  in  said  city, 
and  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  be  of  as  great  diameter  inside 
at  the  top  as  at  any  other  part,  and  the  height  of  such  baskets, 
boxes,  or  measures  shall  not  be  greater  than  the  diameter,  and  they 
shall  be  as  nearly  flat  upon  the  bottom  as  practicable ;  provided, 
hozcez'cr,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  sale  oi 
charcoal  in  any  quantity  which  shall  have  been  measured  and 
certified  to  by  a  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  in  said  city,  or 
prevent  the  sale  of  charcoal,  when  measured  for  sale  by  a  measure 
furnished  by  the  purchaser. 

Sec.  601.  No  vender  of  charcoal  shall  have  in  his  possession 
any  basket,  box,  or  measure  of  less  dimensions  than  those  required 
by  the  next  preceding  section,  or  not  sealed  as  therein  provided, 
with  intent  to  use  the  same  or  permit  the  same  to  be  used  for 
measuring  charcoal,  sold  or  agreed  to  be  sold,  in  said  city. 

Sec.  602.  Cord  wood  brought  into  said  city  for  sale,  shall,  at 
the  request  of  the  purchaser,  be  measured  by  a  public  measurer, 
and  a  certificate  of  the  quantity  thereof  delivered  to  such  pur- 
chaser by  the  seller  or  his  agent. 

Sec.  603.  No  person  not  an  occupant  of  a  store,  shop  or  house, 
shall  engage  in  the  occupation  of  blacking  or  polishing  footwear 
in  said  city,  without  first  obtaining  a  license  therefor  from  the 
chief  of  police,  which  license,  unless  sooner  revoked,  shall  continue 
in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  next  succeeding  its  issuance. 

Sec.  604.  All  persons  so  licensed  shall  have  the  number  of 
such  license  in  figures  in  the  Arabic  character  of  not  less  than  one 
inch  in  size,  at  all  times  fastened  or  painted  on  the  outside  of  the 
box  used  by  them  in  such  occupation. 

Sec.  605.  Such  license  may  be  revoked  by  the  chief  of  police 
at  any  time  for  any  disorderly  or  improper  conduct  on  the  part 
of  such  licensee. 

Sec.  606.     No  fee  shall  be  charged  for  such  license. 

Sec.  607.  No  minor  child  under  the  age  of  ten  years  shall 
engage  in  the  occupation  of  peddling  or  of  selling  newspapers  or 
periodicals  in  the  streets  of  the  city. 


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Sec,  608.  No  parent,  puardian  or  person  navino^  the  care  or 
control  of  any  such  minor,  shall  knowingly  permit  any  such  minor 
to  engage  in  either  of  the  aforesaid  occupations. 

GUNPOWDER. 

Sec.  609.  No  person,  except  on  military  duty  in  the  public  ser- 
vice of  the  United  States,  or  of  this  state,  or  in  case  of  a  public 
celebration,  except  with  permission  of  the  mayor  and  board  of 
aldermen,  .shall  have,  keep  or  possess  in  any  building,  or  in  any 
place,  or  in  any  carriage,  or  on  any  wharf,  or  on  board  of  any  ship 
or  other  vessel  within  two  hundred  yards  of  any  wharf  or  building, 
or  of  the  main  land  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  gunpowder  in  quan- 
tity exceeding  fifteen  pounds,  unless  licensed  by  the  board  of 
aldermen  so  to  do,  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  in  the  ordinance 
concerning  licenses  and  permits. 

Every  application  for  a  license  under  this  section  shall  be  in 
writing,  and  shall  contain  the  name  of  the  party  applying  for  it, 
and  the  precise  place  or  locality  where  gunpowder  is  to  be  kept. 

Sec.  610.  No  person  licensed  to  have,  keep,  possess,  or  sell 
gimpowder,  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section,  shall  have,  keep 
or  possess  it  in  any  greater  quantity  than  twenty-five  pounds  at 
any  one  time ;  and  it  shall  in  all  cases  be  kept  in  a  box  of  copper, 
tin,  or  other  incombustible  material,  furnished  with  two  strong 
handles,  and  with  a  tight  cover  with  hinges.  Such  boxes  shall 
be  marked  legibly,  in  front,  with  the  word  "Gunpowder,"  and  shall 
be  made  in  all  respects  to  the  acceptance  of  the  fire  marshal  of 
said  city.  Said  boxes  shall  be  placed  near  the  front  or  outer  door 
of  the  building  wherein  they  are  kept,  and  the  words  "Licensed 
to  sell  Gunpowder,"  shall  be  conspicuously  displayed  on  the  front 
of  such  building. 

Sec.  611.  Whenever  in  the  process  of  the  manufacture  of  fire- 
arms and  ammunition,  it  shall  become  necessary  to  unload  from 
any  ship  or  other  vessel,  or  transport  through  the  city,  or  use  or 
store  gunpowder,  the  owner,  president  or  superintendent  of  each 
and  every  manufactory  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  said  fire- 
arms, and  said  ammunition,  shall  obtain  a  special  license  for  the  use 
of  such  gimpowder,  as  aforesaid,  signed  by  the  mayor,  fire  marshal 
and  chief  of  the  fire  department  of  said  city.  Said  officers  shall 
have  the  sole  and  exclusive  charge  and  regulation  of  the  unload- 
ing, transportation,  using  and  storing  of  said  gimpowder,  in  such 


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place  or  places  as  may  seem  convenient  and  proper.  They  shall 
likewise  have  the  power  to  direct  throu^^h  what  street  or  streets, 
and  at  what  times,  said  g"unpowder  shall  be  transported,  and  the 
quantity  which  may  be  carried  on  any  one  vehicle,  at  any  one  time ; 
and  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  pass  through  any  other  street  or 
streets  than  those  selected,  or  to  carry  any  greater  quantity  than 
that  permitted  by  said  officers. 

Sec.  612.  No  person  shall  transport  any  gunpowder  through 
said  city  at  any  other  time  than  between  sunrise  and  sunset,  and 
only  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be 
■established  by  the  fire  marshal ;  proi'idcd,  hoivcver,  that  this  section 
shall  not  be  construed  to  afifect  in  any  way  the  section  immediately 
next  preceding. 

Sec.  613.  No  person  shall,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  place, 
receive  or  have  any  gunpowder  on  any  steamboat  or  railroad  car 
used  for  the  carriage  of  passengers  or  freight. 

Sec.  614.  Any  person  offending  against  any  of  the  provisions 
of  the  five  next  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance,  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  fifty,  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  every  such  offense ;  and  a  like  penalty  for  every 
day  that  such  person  shall  have,  keep,  or  possess  any  gunpowder, 
contrary  to  the  provisions  of  said  sections. 

Sec.  615.  Whenever  the  fire  marshal  shall  make  oath  before 
the  m'ayor  of  said  city  that  he  suspects  gunpowder  is  concealed, 
stored,  or  kept  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  any  of  the  ordinances 
of  said  city,  on  the  premises  of  any  person  in  said  city,  or  in  any 
building  in  said  city,  the  mayor  shall  thereupon,  at  his  discretion, 
grant  a  warrant  to  such  fire  marshal,  authorizing  him  to  search 
such  premises  for  gunpowder  so  concealed,  kept  or  stored,  at  any 
time  between  sunrise  and  sunset,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date 
of  such  warrant,  and  to  command  all  necessary  assistance  for  that 
purpose. 

Any  person  who  shall  resist,  obstruct,  or  hinder  such  fire  mar- 
shal, or  the  persons  assisting  him,  in  the  discharge  of  said  duty, 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty,  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  ofTense. 

Sec.  616.  No  person  shall  sell  to  any  child  under  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  without  the  written  consent  of  the  parent  or  guard- 
ian of  such  child,  any  cartridge  or  fixed  ammunition  of  which  any 
fulminate  is  a  component  part,    or    any    gun,  pistol,  or  other  me- 


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chanical  cmitrivance  arraiii^cd  for  the  explosion  of  such  cartridge, 
or  of  any  fuhninatc. 

Si".(.-.  617.  Xo  person  shall  sell,  or  expose  for  sale,  any  fire- 
works within  the  cit_\-  limits,  without  havino;'  obtained  from  the 
tiro  marshal  a  license  so  to  do.  The  fire  marshal,  upon  the  writ- 
ten consent  of  the  landlord  or  his  duly  authorized  representa- 
tive to  the  sale  of  fireworks  in  his  building',  is  hereby  authorized 
to  issue  such  licenses  upon  payment  of  a  fee  of  $5.00  per  annum, 
wherever  he  may  deem  it  safe  to  do  so,  which  license  shall  specify 
the  place  where,  and  time  when,  such  sale  may  be  made.  No  such 
sale  or  exposure  shall  take  place  within  the  limits  of  any  highway 
or  other  public  grounds  or  in  front  of  any  building. 

Sec.  618.  Every  license  granted  for  the  sale  of  gunpowder 
shall-  conform  to,  and  contain  or  have  printed  thereon,  sections 
609  and  610  of  this  ordinance,  or  the  substance  thereof. 

INFLAMMABLE    OIL    AND    OTHER    SUBSTANCES. 

Whenever  the  word  "benzine"  is  mentioned  in  this  ordinance  it 
shall  be  understood  as  including  the  substances  known  as  "benzole, 
benzine,  naphtha,  gasoline,"  and  all  products  of  crude  petroleimi. 
except  parafiine  in  its  solid  state,  and  refined  petroleum  of  a  stand- 
ard fire  test  of  110  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

Sec.  619.  No  person  shall  manufacture,  refine,  sell  or  keep  on 
sale  or  storage  any  crude  or  refined  petroleum,  earth  oil,  coal  or 
rock  oil,  benzine  or  any  other  inflammable  or  explosive  composition 
of  which  any  of  the  foregoing  substances  constitute  a  principal 
ingredient  of  a  standard  fire  test  of  110  degrees  Fahrenheit  unless 
licensed  so  to  do  by  the  fire  marshal  after  a  thorough  investigation 
made  by  him  of  the  premises  in  which  said  material  is  to  be  stored 
and  a  certificate  on  his  part  that  all  requirements  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances have  been  faithfully  complied  with. 

Sec.  620.  Every  application  for  a  license  to  manufacture,  refine, 
sell  or  keep  on  sale  or  storage  any  of  the  products  mentioned  in 
the  preceding  section  shall  contain  the  name  of  the  party  or  par- 
ties, nature  of  the  business,  the  substances  to  be  dealt  in  and  the 
precise  place  or  locality  where  the  substance  is  to  be  located. 

Sec.  621.  No  person  shall  receive  a  license  to  manufacture  or 
refine  any  of  the  substances  mentioned  in  the  next  preceding  section 
in  any  place  or  locality  within  300  feet  of  any  building,  wharf, 
bridge  or  body  of  water  connecting  with  New  Haven  harbor,  nor 


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in  any  place  or  locality  whatever,  unless  the  same  is  so  arrans^ed 
by  the  use  of  tanks,  cellars,  excavations  or  embankments,  that  it 
shall  be  impossible,  in  case  of  fire  or  other  accident,  for  said  sub- 
stances, or  either  of  them,  to  escape  or  overflow.  In  no  case  shall 
a  license  to  manufacture  or  refine  said  substances,  or  either  of  them, 
be  granted,  until  the  fire  marshal  certify  to  said  board,  under  his 
hand,  that  the  place  or  locality  where  such  business  is  to  be  carried 
on  conforms  in  all  respects  to  the  part  of  this  chapter  referring-  to 
inflammable  oils. 

Sec.  622.  No  person  shall  receive  a  license  to  sell  or  keep  on 
sale  or  storage  any  of  the  substances  mentioned  mider  this  head- 
ing upon  any  street  or  wharf  nor  in  any  part  of  a  building  occupied 
in  whole  or  any  part  as  a  dwelling  house,  nor  upon  any  floor  of 
a  building  above  the  first  floor,  nor  in  any  building  whose  founda- 
tion and  walls  are  not  constructed  of  brick,  stone,  iron,  nor  in  any 
receptacle  except  in  the  original  unbroken  receptacle  in  which  they 
are  shipped  or  in  metallic  vessels  approved  in  writing  by  the  fire 
marshal. 

Sec.  623.  No  person  shall  manufacture,  keep,  sell  or  offer  for 
sale  within  the  limits  of  said  city  any  illuminating  fluid,  the  prin- 
cipal ingredient  of  which  is  benzine,  or  shall  manufacture,  sell  or 
offer  for  sale  any  illuminating  fluid  made  from  petroleum,  inflam- 
mable at  less  temperature  or  fire  test  than  110  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

Sec.  624.  All  automobile  storage  stations,  painters '  supply 
stores  or  other  establishments  selling  inflammable  oils  shall  store 
such  products  in  metallic  tanks,  which  tanks  shall  be  located  tc 
the  approval  of  the  fire  marshal.  No  automobile  shall  be  kept  or 
stored  in  any  building  not  licensed  for  such  purpose  by  the  fire 
marshal.  No  automobile  station  shall  receive  a  license  for  the 
storage,  sale  or  use  of  gasoline  where  the  following  precautionary 
reg'ulations  are  not  observed : 

(a)  Sand  shall  be  kept  in  metal  buckets  fit  and  avilable  for 
absorbing  oil  that  may  fall  upon  the  floor,  and  such  sand,  when 
saturated,  shall  be  removed  to  a  safe  place  and  burned  free  from 
the  oil. 

(b)  No  gasoline  shall  be  put  into  or  taken  out  of  an  automo- 
bile within  50  feet  of  an  open  fire,  nor  until  all  lamps  used  for 
ilhnninating  purposes  have  been  extinguished,  except  incandes- 
cent electric  lights. 


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(c)  No  gasoline  shall  be  allowed  to  run  upon  or  to  fall  or 
pass  into  the  drainag-e  system  of  the  premises. 

(d)  All  such  buildings  shall  be  lighted  only  by  incandescent 
electric  light. 

(e)  All  gasoline  shall  be  carried  about  the  building  in  ap- 
proved closed  cans  not  exceeding  five  gallons  capacity. 

Skc.  625.  No  person  shall  sell  or  keep  for  sale  or  on  storage 
any  kerosene  oil  or  burning  fluid  of  any  kind,  except  whale,  sperm, 
hard  or  linseed  oil.  unless  licensed  so  to  do  by  the  fire  marshal  of 
said  city. 

Sec.  626.  Persons  desiring  to  engage  in  such  sale  or  storage 
shall  make  \vritten  application  to  the  fire  marshal  for  a  license  or 
permit,  stating  the  place  where  said  oil  or  burning  fluid  is  to  be 
sold  or  put  on  storage,  and  the  largest  quantity  to  be  kept  for  sale 
or  storage ;  said  application  shall  be  signed  by  said  applicant,  or 
his  agent,  and  thereupon  the  fire  marshal  shall  inspect  the  prem- 
ises, and  if  said  premises  are  approved  by  him  he  shall  so  indorse 
on  the  application,  and  issue  a  license  or  permit  to  sell  or  keep  on 
storage,  kerosene  oil  or  burning  fluid,  not  to  exceed  such  amount 
as  the  license  may  specify  at  any  one  time,  subject  to  the  provi- 
sions of  the  621st,  622d,  623d,  624th,  625th  sections  of  this  ordi- 
nance; prozndcd,  that  the  said  applicant  shall  post  in  a  conspicuous 
place  where  such  kerosene  oil  or  burning  fluid  is  sold  or  offered 
for  sale,  a  sign,  not  less  than  ten  inches  in  length,  and  three  inches 
in  W'idth,  on  which  are  printed  these  words:  "Licensed  to  sell  ker- 
osene oil ;"  all  of  w-hich  shall  be  to  the  acceptance  of  the  fire  mar- 
shal;  provided,  further,  that  any  person  who  may  feel  aggrieved 
at  the  refusal  of  the  fire  marshal  to  issue  a  permit,  may  appeal  to 
the  board  of  aldermen,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  such 
refusal,  on  first  giving  written  notice  to  the  fire  marshal  of  such 
appeal,  and  the  said  board  shall  take  such  action  thereon  as  they 
shall  deem   best. 

Sec.  627.  No  person  shall  sell  any  burning  fluid  or  kerosene 
oil  for  illuminating  purposes  which  is  inflammable  at  a  less  degree 
of  heat  than   110  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

Sec.  628.  No  person  shall  draw  or  cause  to  be  drawm  from  any 
cask,  tank  or  other  receptacle  any  burning  fluid  or  kerosene  oil 
within  50  feet  of  any  flame  or  light  except  an  incandescent  electric 
light. 


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Sec.  629.  No  machine,  retort,  cylinder  and  other  receptacle  or 
contrivance  containing  inflammable  substances,  whether  gaseous 
or  otherwise,  under  a  greater  pressure  than  five  pounds  to  the 
square  inch,  shall  be  located,  placed  or  used  in  any  building  other 
than  a  laboratory  of  an  institution  of  learning  without  license 
therefor  from  the  fire  marshal,  and  no  such  license  shall  be  granted 
for  the  use  of  any  building  which  is  used  for  other  purposes  unless 
such  gases  are  in  common  use  in  trades,  professions  or  lines  of 
business,  and  such  use  is  deemed  to  be  consistent  with  public  safety. 

Sec.  630.  No  person  shall  have,  keep,  fJossess  or  bring  witliin 
the  limits  of  this  city  any  of  the  compound  known  as  nitro- 
glycerine ;  provided,  hoiuever,  that  this  section  is  not  to  apply  to 
the  possession  and  sale  of  this  compound  by  licensed  druggists 
for  medicinal  purposes  only  in  quantities  not  to  exceed  one-half 
pound  at  any  one  time,  or  within  the  same  place  of  business. 

Sec.  631.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
part  of  this  chapter  headed  "Inflammable  Oils  and  Other  Sub- 
stances" shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  $100,  and 
a  like  penalty  for  every  day  of  such  violation. 


—348- 


CHAPTER  XXVIII. 
TRESPASSES. 

Sec.  Sec. 

(132.  Trespass  in  yards  and  gardens;  633.  Notices  and  placards;  not  to  be 
penalty.  posted    on     private    property 

without  consent  of  owner,  nor 
on  public  property  without 
consent  of  mayor  and  board 
of  aldermen. 

Sec.  632.  N^o  person  shall  enter  any  yard,  garden  or  enclosure 
or  posted  land  against  the  will  of  the  owner  or  without  his  per- 
mission, or  take  or  destroy  any  fruit  or  produce  of  any  such  yard, 
garden,  enclosure  or  posted  land,  or  destroy  or  in  any  manner 
injure  any  tree,  shrub  or  plant  therein. 

Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  fined  not  more  than  $50  for  every  such  offense. 

Sec.  633.  No  person  shall  post  up,  or  affix  in  any  manner,  any 
bill,  placard  or  notice,  either  written  or  printed,  upon  any  fence, 
bridge,  wall,  post,  or  upon  any  part  of  any  building  in  said  city, 
without  the  previous  consent  of  the  occupants  thereof;  or,  if  there 
be  no  occupants,  without  the  previous  consent  of  the  owners 
thereof;  nor  itpon  any  building,  sidewalk,  curbstone,  tree,  fei\ce 
or  post  belonging  to  said  city,  without  ^consent  of  the  mayor  and 
board  of  aldermen;  nor  upon  any  pole  belonging  to  any  telegraph, 
telephone  or  electric  lighting  company,  without  the  previous  con- 
sent of  such  company. 

Any  person  offending  against  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  twenty  dol- 
lars for  every  such  offense. 


—349- 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 


WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 


Sec. 
G34. 


635. 


036. 


C37. 


688. 


No  person  to  use  any  scale,  etc., 
that  has  not  been  inspected  by 
sealer. 

Inspection  and  stamping  by 
said  sealer  of  scales,  etc.,  car- 
ried to  him. 

No  person  to  use  any  scale,  etc., 
that  has  been  condemned  by 
said  sealer. 

Said  sealer  to  devote  all  his 
time  to  his  duties,  making 
such  visits  as  are  deemed 
necessary. 

It  shall  be  lawful  for  him  to  en- 
ter anv  store,  etc. 


Sec. 
639. 


040. 
641. 

64-2. 

643. 
644. 


Shall  perform  inspection  when 
called  upon ;  hay  and  coal  to 
be  weighed  by  said  sealer 
when  the  purchaser  requests 
it ;  fees  for  such  service. 

No  person  to  obstruct  or  hinder 
said   sealer. 

Measures  of  capacity;  their 
form  to  be  approved  by  said 
sealer. 

Records  and  reports  of  said 
sealer. 

Policemen  to  assist  said  sealer. 

Fees  for  service  ;  salary. 


Sec.  634.  Any  person  who  shall  use  any  scale,  weight  or  meas- 
ure of  any  kind,  in  buying  or  selling  any  article  of  merchandise 
that  has  not  been  inspected  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures 
within  one  year,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars, 
one-half  of  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  person  or  persons  giving  the 
necessary  information  for  conviction  luider  this  section. 

Sec.  635.  All  persons  having  scales,  weights  or  measures  of 
any  kind,  which  are  to  be  used  in  buying  and  selling  goods  or  mer- 
chandise, may  carry  the  same  to  the  place  of  business  or  office  of 
the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  who,  having  inspected  and 
found  them  correct,  or  having  made  them  correct,  shall  stamp 
them  "C.  N.  H.,"  with  the  year ;  and  if  such  scales,  weights  or 
measures  cannot  be  made  correct,  they  shall  be  stamped  "Cond." 
and  shall  not  be  again  used  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  goods. 

Sec.  636.  Any  person  who  shall  use  any  scale,  weight  or  meas- 
ure of  any  kind  that  has  been  inspected  and  condemned,  shall  for- 
feit and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty-five,  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars,  one-half  of  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  person 


—350— 

or  persons  giving  the  necessary  information  for  conviction  under 
tiiis  section. 

Sec.  637.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  devote  all 
his  time  to  the  tluties  of  his  office,  shall  visit,  from  time  to  time, 
as  he  shall  deem  necessary,  all  places  in  said  city  where  scales 
weights  or  measures  of  any  kind  are  used  in  buying  or  selling  any 
article  of  merchandise,  and  shall  inspect  such  scales,  weights  or 
measures,  and  stamp  them,  at  least  once  a  year,  as  provided  in 
section  635. 

Sec.  638.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  him,  at  any  reasonable  hour,, 
to  enter  any  store,  house  or  other  building  or  place,  where  weights 
or  measures  are  used,  or  where  he  supposes  they  may  be  used  for 
the  purpose  of  buying  or  selling  any  article,  to  inspect  any  scales, 
weights  or  measures  contained  therein,  or  to  inspect  the  scales, 
weights  or  measures  of  any  itinerant  merchant  or  peddler  of 
fruits,  vegetables,  clams,  oysters,  or  other  articles  of  merchandise. 

Sec.  639.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  to  inspect,  at  any  reasonable  hour,  any  scale,  weight  or 
measure,  when  called  upon  by  any  person ;  proindcd,  said  persoo 
shall  tender  to  said  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  such  a  fee  as 
the  said  sealer  shall  be  entitled  to  on  making  the  inspection. 

All  persons,  their  agents  and  drivers,  selling  hay  or  coal,  shall, 
whenever  requested  by  the  purchaser  of  such  hay  or  coal,  give  to 
him  the  weight  of  such  hay  or  coal,  and,  if  such  purchaser  request 
it,  shall  cause  such  hay  or  coal,  and  the  cart  or  wagon  containing 
the  same,  to  be  forthwith  weighed  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures,  on  such  scales  as  said  sealer  may  select,  and  after  deliv- 
ering such  hay  or  coal  shall  forthwith,  before  taking  another  load, 
return  said  cart  or  wagon  to  the  same  scales,  and  cause  it  to  be 
weighed  thereon. 

Said  sealer  shall  then  give  such  purchaser  a  certificate  of  the 
weight  of  such  hay  or  coal,  and  if  the  .weight  certified  to  by  said 
sealer  is  not  less  than  the  weight  previously  given  by  such  seller, 
agent  or  driver,  said  purchaser  shall  pay  the  fees  of  said  sealer 
and  weigher  and  shall  pay  the  driver  twenty-five  cents  for  the 
detention  thus  caused ;  but  if  the  weight  certified  to  by  said  sealer 
is  less  than  the  weight  previously  given  by  such  seller,  agent  or 
driver,  then  all  of  said  expenses  shall  be  paid  by  the  seller  of  such 
hay  or  coal. 


—351— 

Sec.  640.  Any  person  preventing  or  hindering  the  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  from  obtaining  any  article  to  be  inspected, 
or  obstructing  him  in  the  lawful  exercise  of  his  duties,  shall  for- 
feit and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  ten,  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

SbX.  641.  All  measures  of  capacity  shall  be  of  a  form  or  shape 
approved  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  and  any  person 
who  shall  use  a  measure  the  form  or  shape  of  which  is  condemned 
by  him,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  two,  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  642.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  make  a 
record  of  all  acts  performed  by  him,  with  the  dates,  and  names  of 
articles  inspected,  and  of  the  owners  of  such  articles,  with  such 
other  remarks  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  shall  make  a  written 
report  of  such  acts  to  the  board  of  aldermen  every  two  months, 
which  said  report  shall  also  contain  a  separate  statement  of  the 
amount  of  fees  received  by  him  from  each  person,  and  the  names, 
business  and  place  of  business  of  all  persons  whose  scales,  weights 
or  measures  have  been  found  to  be  below  the  standard. 

Sec.  643.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  policeman  to  assist  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  when  required,  and  to  report  to 
him  any  violation  of  this  ordinance,  within  his  knowledge,  and 
the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  report  the  same  to  the 
city  attorney,  for  prosecution  forthwith. 

Sec.  644.  The  following  list  of  fees  shall  be  charged  by  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  for  his  services  at  his  office:  for 
testing  each  set  of  weights  or  balance,  15  cents;  set  of  measures, 
gill  to  gallon,  15  cents;  set  of  measures,  dry,  15  cents;  each  yard 
stick,  3  cents ;  with  an  addition  of  25  cents  when  inspected  on  the 
premises  of  the  owner,  and  25  cents  for  each  hour  when  occupied 
in  correcting  any  article ;  said  fees  to  be  paid  by  the  person  whose 
articles  are  inspected,  but  no  more  than  one  fee  shall  be  charged 
for  inspecting  the  same  article  during  the  same  year,  unless  such 
article  is  found  to  be  below  the  standard,  in  which  case  the  sealer 
shall  be  entitled  to  charge  double  the  above  fees. 

In  addition  to  the  above  fees  the  city  of  New  Haven  shall  pay 
to  said  sealer  a  salary  of  $700  per  year. 


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CHAPTER  XXX. 

WIRES. 

Sec.  Sec. 

645.  How  poles  shall  be   set ;   name      048.     Wires  on  cross-arms,  how  fast- 

of  owner  to  appear  thereon;  ened;    electric    railway    wires 

how  painted.  to  have  circuit  breakers. 

646.  Distance  of  wires   from  crown      649.     Electric  wires  must  have  curved 

of  street.  guard  irons  ;   when. 

647.  Distance  of  cross-arms  of  elec- 

tric wires  from  telephone  and 
telegraph  wires ;  electric  light 
ing  wires ;  when  not  to  run 
over  housetops. 

Sec.  645.  All  telegraph,  telephone  and  electric  light  poles  set 
on  the  streets  of  the  city  shall  be  of  sufficient  size  to  be  set  at 
least  five  feet  in  the  ground  and  leave  the  lowest  gain  at  least 
twenty-five  feet  in  height  above  the  curb.  The  top  gain  on  all 
poles  shall  be  reserved  for  the  use  of  the  city  fire  and  police  alarm 
systems,  and  shall  be  six  inches  from  the  top  of  the  pole.  All 
poles  shall  be  stenciled  with  the  tiame  or  initials  of  the  company 
owning  the  same,  each  pole  being  numbered,  and  a  record  kept  by 
the  owners  of  the  poles  showing  the  numbers  and  locations  of  the 
poles.  The  numbers  and  names  or  initials  shall  be  stenciled  on  the 
pole  in  white  and  in  figures  of  one  and  one-half  inches  in  height. 
All  poles  shall  be  painted  a  dark  green  color,  and  no  signs,  adver- 
tising or  printed  matter  other  than  the  numbers  of  said  poles  and 
the  name  or  initials  of  the  company  owning  the  same  shall  be 
printed  or  attached  in  any  way  whatever  to  any  of  the  poles  set  on 
the  streets  of  the  city. 

All  cross-arms  must  be  securely  bolted  to  poles  and  braced  with 
cross-arm  braces. 

Sec,  646.  All  telegraph,  telephone,  and  electric  lighting  wires 
running  through  or  across  the  streets  of  the  city,  shall  be  at  a  dis- 
tance of  not  less  than  twenty-five  feet  from  the  crown  of  the  street 


—353— 

and  shall  run  as  nearly  as  practicable  at  right  angles  into  the  build- 
ings where  used. 

The  distance  of  all  wires  from  the  city  fire  alann  wires  shall  be 
at  least  two  feet. 

Sec.  647.  In  all  cases  where  electric  light  or  electric  power 
wires  shall  be  run  on  the  same  poles  as  telephone  or  telegraph 
wires,  the  perpendicular  distance  between  the  cross  arms  bearing 
the  electric  light  or  power  wires  and  the  arms  bearing  such  other 
wires  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty  inches  from  center  to  center, 
except  in  cases  of  junction  poles  at  street 'corners  and  other  places 
where  reverse  arms  are  used,  in  which  case  the  arms  shall  not  be 
less  than  twelve  inches  from  center  to  center. 

Electric  lighting  wires  shall  not  be  run  over  house-tops  except 
where  necessary  to  buildings  using  the  same,  and  all  electric  light- 
ing wires  shall  be  properly  insulated  and  joints  and  bare  places 
securely  tapped,  and  if  run  through  wood  parts  of  buildings,  shall 
pass  through  a  tube  of  either  hard  rubber  or  glass  of  a  thickness 
of  not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch. 

All  persons  using  the  electric  light  shall  conform  to  the  full  re- 
quirements of  the  National  Board  of  Underwriters. 

Sec.  648.  All  wires  attached  to  cross-arms  on  poles  shall  be  fas- 
tened to  the  side  of  the  insulator  nearest  the  poles. 

Electric  light  and  trolley  feed  wires  shall  in  all  cases  be  attached 
at  a  horizontal  distance  of  not  less  than  twelve  inches  from  the 
center  of  the  poles  on  which  they  are  supported. 

All  span  and  guard  wires  of  electric  railway  companies  shall 
have  circuit  breakers  cut  into  them  not  less  than  six  feet  nor  more 
than  ten  feet  from  the  curb  line. 

Sfc.  649.  In  all  cases  where  electric  light  or  electric  power 
wires  shall  be  run  other  than  in  a  straight  line,  curved  guard  irons 
shall  be  used  on  the  ends  of  the  cross  arms,  so  attached  as  to  fully 
prevent  the  wires  on  the  cross-arms  from  falling  in  case  of  their 
becoming  detached  from  the  cross-arms. 


—35- 


BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

RULES  AND   REGULATIONS   ADOPTED   UNDER   SECTION    94   OF 
CHARTER — SPITTING    REGULATION. 

That  spitting  upon  the  floors  of  pubHc  conveyances  or  upon 
the  premises  of  pubHc  buildings,  theatres,  opera  houses,  halls  and 
the  like,  except  in  proper  receptacles  provided  for  said  purpose, 
is  hereby  prohibited.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  owners,  agents,  cor- 
porations or  persons  having  charge  of  said  public  conveyances, 
buildings,  theatres,  opera  houses,  halls,  and  the  like  to  display 
in  a  conspicuous  place  and  manner  proper  signs  calling  attention 
to  this  regulation,  said  signs  to  be  duly  approved  by  said  board  of 
health.  Every  person  or  corporation  willfully  or  carelessly  vio- 
lating this  regulation  or  refusing  to  display  said  signs  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  violation. 

Approved  by  the  board  of  health,  January  8,  1901.     . 

REGULATION  DE  KEEPING  OF  FOWLS,  DUCKS,  CHICKENS,   ETC. 

The  keeping  of  fowls,  ducks,  chickens  and  the  like  within  the 
limits  of  the  city  of  New  Haven,  without  a  special  permit  therefor 
from  the  board  of  health  of  said  city,  is  hereby  prohibited. 

Every  person  violating  this  regulation,  on  conviction,  shall  pay 
a  penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Approved  by  the  board  of  health,  July  9,  1901. 

HEALTH    REGULATION   DE   TUBERCULOSIS. 

Sec.  1.  Pulmonary  tuberculosis  is  hereby  declared  to  be  an  in- 
fectious and  communicable  disease,  and  dangerous  to  the  public 
health.  Every  physician  is  requested  to  report  in  writing  to  the 
board  of  health  the  name,  age,  sex,  occupation  and  address  of 
every  person  coming  under  his  observation  having  such  disease. 

Sec.  2.  A  room  or  apartment  that  has  been  occupied  by  a  per- 
son sufifering  with  pulmonary  tuberculosis,  shall  not  again  be  used 


—355— 

or  occupied  after  the  removal  or  death  of  the  patient  until  the 
same  shall  have  l)een  disinfected,  under  the  Supervision  of  the  board 
of  health. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  who  owns,  controls,  or  has  charge  of  a 
room  or  apartment  that  has  been  occupied  by  such  tuberculosis 
person  and  allows  the  same  again  to  be  used  or  occupied  before 
being  disinfected  according  to  section  2,  shall  be  fined  not  more 
than  fifty  dollars. 

Approved  by  the  board  of  health,  December  10.  1901. 


—356— 


NEW  HAVEN  PUBLIC  PARKS. 

RULES   AND   REGULATIONS  OF   THE   PARK    COMMISSION. 

1.  No  domestic  animals,  except  dogs,  shall  be  permitted  to  enter 
or  to  go  at  large  in  an\-  of  said  parks,  either  with  or  without  a 
keeper.  Dogs  must  be  held  in  leash  by  the  owners,  otherwise  they 
may  be  killed  by  any  park-keeper,  special  constable,  or  policeman. 

2.  No  person  shall  pick  any  Howers,  foliage  or  fruit,  or  cut 
break,  dig  up,  or  in  any  manner  mutilate  or  injure  any  tree,  shrub, 
plant,  grass,  turf,  railing,  seat,  fence,  structure,  or  other  thing  in 
any  of  said  parks,  or  cut.  carve,  paint,  mark  or  paste  on  an}-  tree, 
stone,  fence,  wall,  building,  monument,  or  other  object  therein,  any 
bill,  advertisement  or  inscription  whatsoever. 

3.  No  person  shall  carry  or  have  any  fire-arms  on  any  of  said 
parks,  and  no  fire-arms  shall  be  discharged  from,  or  into  any  of 
the  same.  No  stone  or  other  missile  shall  be  thrown  or  rolled  from, 
into,  within  or  upon  any  of  said  parks,  except  in  such  place  as  the 
commission  may  designate  as  a  ball-field,  in  playing  games  in  which 
a  ball  is  used. 

4.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  on  any  road  within  any  of  said 
parks  at  a  faster  gait  than  eight  miles  per  hour,  and  this  shall  ap- 
ply to  the  use  of  cycles. 

5.  No  threatening,  abusive,  boisterous,  insulting  or  indecent 
language,  or  gesture  shall  be  used  on  any  of  said  parks,  nor  shall 
any  oration,  harangue,  or  other  public  demonstration  be  made,  un- 
less by  special  authority  of  said  commission. 

6.  No  person  shall  expose  any  article  or  thing  for  sale  on  any 
of  said  parks,  unless  licensed  therefor  by  said  commission. 

7.  No  person  shall  bathe  naked  or  otherwise  in  any  waters  in, 
or  adjacent  to  any  of  said  parks,  or  be  naked  within  any  of  said 
parks,  except  in  such  places  and  subject  to  such  regulations,  as 
the  commission  may,  from  time  to  time,  specially  designate  by  a 
public  notice  set  up  for  that  purpose  within  the  park. 

8.  No  person,  unless  by  authority  of  said  commission,  shall 
light,  kindle,  or  use  any  fire  on  any  of  said  parks. 

9.  No  person  shall  ride  or  drive  upon  the  grass,  lawns,  or  foot- 
paths of  any  of  said  parks. 


—357— 

10.  No  person  shall  disturb  or  injure  any  bird,  bird's  nest  or 
eggs,  or  any  squirrel  or  other  animal  within  any  of  said  parks. 

11.  No  person  shall  discharge  or  set  off,  on  or  within  any  of 
said  parks,  any  fire-crackers,  torpedoes,  rockets  or  other  fire-works, 
except  by  license  from  said  commission. 

12.  No  person  shall  dig  up  or  remove  any  dirt,  stones,  rock,  or 
other  thing,  whatsoever,  make  any  excavation,  quarry  any  stone, 
or  lay  or  set  off  any  blast,  or  cause  or  assist  in  doing  any  of  said 
things,  within  any  of  said  parks,  without  the  special  order  or  li- 
cense of  said  commission. 

13.  No  bottles,  broken  glass,  ashes,  waste  paper,  or  other  rub- 
bish, shall  be  left  in  any  of  said  parks,  except  at  such  place  or  places 
as  may  be  specially  designated  by  the  commission  or  by  a  sign 
marked  public  dump. 

14.  No  cart,  wagon,  dray,  truck  or  other  vehicle,  carrying  lum- 
ber, stone,  brick,  or  any  other  goods,  merchandise,  or  articles  of 
freight,  or  which  is  commonly  used  for  the  carriage  thereof,  shall 
except  in  service  of  the  commission,  enter  any  part  of  said  parks, 
except  such  public  highways  as  existed  before  the  same  was  estab- 
lished as  a  park. 

15.  No  horse  shall  be  hitched  to  any  shrub  or  tree  in  any  of 
said  parks. 

16.  Any  person  violating  either  the  first,  second,  fourth,  fifth, 
sixth,  seventh,  ninth,  eleventh,  twelfth,  thirteenth  or  fifteenth  of 
the  foregoing  rules  and  regulations,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each 
offense  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars.  Any  person  violating  any  of  said 
rules  and  regulations  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offense  a  penalty 
of  twenty  dollars. 

17.  No  automobile  or  other  motor  vehicle  shall  be  taken  into 
or  driven  upon  either  East  Rock  Park.  West  Rock  Park  or  Fort 
W'ooster  Park. 

Any  person  violating  this  regulation  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the 
city  a  penalty  of  twenty  dollars. 


INDEX. 


I  N  D  KX 


TO 


CHARTER  AND  ORDINANCES. 


A                                                     SECTION.  PAGE. 

Abatement  of  nuisances 94  44 

expenses  of,  how  collected 348  269 

taxes   133 

notice  of 32  20 

power  of  Board  of  Finance  591  338 

Accounts  and  claims 1-14  151 

accounts  to  be  audited  27  18 

approved  by  Board  of  Finance 25  17 

audited  monthly  by  Controller  22  16 

how  paid 25  17 

how  verified 25  17 

Controller  to  keep  accounts  with  departments  ....  4  152 

what 20  16 

to  report  quarterly   22  16 

examination  by  Board  of  Finance   42  24 

final  statement  of  officer  27  18 

form 21  16 

notice  of  audit   27  18 

of  officers,  etc.,  may  be  examined,  how  12  13 

Acting  Mayor,  powers  of  10  12 

City  Clerk,  validity  of  acts  of  36  21 

Acts,  inconsistent,  repeal  of 226  94 

public  and  special,  affecting  New  Haven  Appendix  97-146 

Adoption  of  children  206  86 

Adulterated  food  '. .   264-276     245-248 

Advertisement  of  hearings   80  38 

Advertising  newspaper 219  232 

rates,  regulations  219  232 

Agents  of  property,  how  notified  79  38 

town  deposit  fund 225  93 

Alarms  of  fire,  false,  how  punishable  2-50  242 

Aldermen,  Board  of 125  54 

clerk  of 36  21 


IV  — 

SECTION.  PAGE? 

Aldermen,  IJoard  of,  elections  in,  Jiow  made 130  56 

meetings  of.  how  called   127  54 

President  of,  how  chosen  12G  54 

to  be  acting  Mayor,  when  ...  10  11 

quorum  of,  and  how  obtained ]"28  55 

to  adopt  rules  of  procedure 127  54 

to  elect  member  of  Board  nf  Finance  .  .  41  23 

how  chosen 7  10 

members  and  how  elected  119 

not  to  be  bondsman  63  81 

outside  twelve  wards 216  92 

punishable  for  disorderly  behavior  127  54 

right  to  vote  in  13th,  14th  and  15th  wards,  when.  .  216  92 

terms  of 7  10 

(See  Board  of  Aldermen)    39-46  161 

Almshouse,  record  of  inmates  203  85 

when  inmates  to  vote 131 

Superintendent  of,  appointment   204  86 

to  have  direction  of 205  86 

Ambulances 508  314 

Amusements 15-19  155 

Chief  of  Police  to  issue  license 15, 16  155 

license  fees   313  258 

Animals  at  large  to  be  impounded  23  157 

cruelty  to,  power  de  punishment  for   137  63 

dressing  in  places  forbidden   323  264 

dead  to  be  buried   324  264 

feeding  of  on  streets,  prohibited 25  158 

impounding  of  21-23  157 

impounded,  penalty  for  rescue  of 24  158 

not  to  be  fought 282  250 

power  de  impounding  of  137  61 

power  de  regulating  speed  of   137  61 

rescue  forbidden  on  way  to  pound  24  158 

to  be  securely  tethered   25  158 

who  may  impound   23  157 

Annexation  of  school  districts   116  51 

Annex,  police  and  fire  protection  in   217  92 

Annual  reports  of  departments  and  officers  158  70 

Appeals  from  action  of  Inspector  of  Buildings,  how  taken  .  . .  180  217 

assessments  33  159 

to  be  privileged  85  41 

Harbor  Commissioners   101 

order  for  walk,  curb  or  gutter  85  41 

de  railroad  bridges   134  58 

removal 213  91 

how  made  in  case  of  removal  of  officers  12  14 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Appeals  from  City  Court,  civil  172  75 

criminal   185  79 

orders  of  Fire  Marshal  246  241 

upon  licenses  and  permits 312  258 

Appendix,  acts  affecting  New  Haven 97-146 

Application  for  licenses   304  255 

as  engineer 227  235 

oil  license    626  346 

permits    50  166 

to  whom  addressed    305  255 

Appointees,  qualifications  of   ,. 146  65 

Appointments,  null  and  void,  when  120  53 

in  Police  and  Fire  Departments   64  32 

power  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de 137  63 

under  civil  service   119  52 

Apprentices,  indenture  of 206  86 

Appropriation,  annual  estimates  of 44  24 

Controller's  report  on   22  16 

Controller  to  report  if  bills  exceed  5  152 

departments,  to  be  heard  on  44  24 

for  Department  of  Education 110  50 

Harbor    99 

library  102  46 

parks   92  43 

receptions,  parades,  etc 44  25 

relief  funds   66  33 

school  buildings  110  50 

sprinkling  streets  power  de  137  62 

must  be  made  before  improvement  is  ordered  154  67 

must  not  exceed  estimated  income 44  25 

no  contract  without   154  67 

not  to  be  exceeded  by  Park  Commissioners  .  .  90  43 

not  to  be  overdrawn 24  17 

notice  of  hearings  to  departments  44  24 

powers  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de 44  24 

reported,  how  changed   44  24 

special,  for  school  grounds  and  buildings Ill  51 

state,  for  school  purposes   108  50 

to  be  acted  upon,  when  44  24 

to  be  reported  to  Court  of  Common  Council  . .  84  41 

to  be  used  only  for  purpose  named 24  17 

to  sinking  fund 132 

transfer  of,  how  made 44  25 

validity  of,  court  may  inquire   85  41 

Arbitration,  appeal  to  from  Building  Inspector's  acts  180  217 

Board  of 180  217 

Arches,  key  block  in  centre   105  187 


VI  — 

SECTION.  I'AGE. 

Arms  or  ammunition  must  not  be  sold  to  child  016  343 

Arrests,  duty  of  police  de   197  83 

liy  police  outside  city 197  83 

without  warrants  197  83 

Ashes,  keeping  regulated 257  243 

Assembly  halls,  plans  to  be  approved 1-V2  205 

Assessments,  against  railroad  companies,  how  governed  ....  105 

for  permanent  pavement  107 

appeal  from 33  159 

papers,  how  served  85  41 

to  be  privileged  85  41 

burial  grounds  exempt    215  230 

duty  of  City  Clerk  and  Controller  de 33,34  160 

for  benefits,  collectible  when   81  39 

improvements,  how  made    78  38 

pavements,  how  governed 105 

permanent  pavements,  act  validating  106 

how  made  and  when  payable  106 

how  adopted  81  39 

altered   31  159 

estimated 80  38 

notice  of  hearing 79  38 

paid   34  160 

liens  for  35,  36  160 

must  be  published  when  81  39 

not  to  be  levied  against  cemetery  associations.  .  215  230 

not  to  exceed  cost  of  improvement  83  40 

notices  to  be  sent  out  by  City  Clerk 136  59 

of  benefits  and  damages   31-38.80  159,38 

to  remain  a  lien 83  40 

damages  how  paid 3  151 

on  joint  owners  of  land  84  40 

payment  enforced   32  159 

to  be  collected  by  Collector  31  159 

when  legally  deemed  to  be  made 81  39 

for  sprinkling  streets  136  58 

and  liens,  interest  on   151  67 

taxes,  w^arrant  for  collection  of  31  20 

Assessors,  Board  of,  how  appointed  and  constituted 211  89 

duties  211  89 

salary  and  term  of  211  89 

to  report  exemptions   595  338 

Assistance,  citizen  required  to  assist  when  198  84 

penalty  for  refusing 198  84 

Assistant,  appointment  of 166  71 

City  Attorney,  how  appointed 165  71 

how  removed   191  81 


Vll  — 

SECTION. 

Assistant  City  Attorney,  powers  and  duties  of  191-193 

salary   of    171 

City  Clerk,  bond   36 

duties    36 

salary  of 40 

Clerk  of  City  Court,  appointment  of   165 

powers  of   167 

Corporation  Counsel,  appointment  and  duties  of  .  .  18 

salary  of 40 

to  collect  unpaid  taxes,  etc..  32 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures   37 

Associate  Judge 166 

City  Court 166 

Attorney.  City,  appointment  of 166 

Audit,  Controller 22 

of  accounts  of  ofificers,  when  and  how  made 27 

Auditing  accounts,  etc.,  power  of  Mayor 12 

Automobile  station  protection 624 

tanks  in    624 

Automobiles,  stored  in  licensed  building  624 

use  forbidden  parks   17 

Awning  post 511 

Awnings  regulated  511 

wooden  forbidden  498 

Aye  and  nay  vote,  how  ordered 127 

B 

Baggage  delivery    434 

prices    432 

stands 423 

to  be  delivered  430 

Ball  game  on  streets,  forbidden 495 

Barn  lamp  or  candle  not  to  be  burned 258 

used  for  dwelling,  examined  258 

Bastardy  cases  in  City  Court   173 

Bath  house  management 541 

Bathing,  naked  in  parks,  prohibited  7 

naked  prohibited  277 

places,  Board  of  Aldermen  to  designate  277 

Bay  window   181 

Beggars,  powers  de  punishment  of  137 

Benefits  assessed  by  Board  of  Aldermen 31 

assessment  of  78 

and  damages,  advertisement  of  hearings 80 

appeal   from    33, 85 

assessment  of  31-38 

notices 79 

for  pavement 

public  work  132 


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73 

21 

21 

23 

71 

72 

16 

23 

20 

22 

71 

71 

71 

16 

18 

13 

345 

345 

345 

357 

315 

315 

313 

54 


296 
296 
293 
215 
312 
243 
243 

75 
321 
356 
249 
249 
217 

63 
159 

37 

38 

159,41 

159 

38 
105 

57 


VIU  

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Benefits  and  damages  for  sewer  113 

construction   132  57 

referred  to  Court  of  Common  Council  81  38 

refusal  to  accept  81  39 

report  de,  to  be  published 81  39 

to  be  apportioned  between  owners  ...  84  40 

to  be  lien  on  property 83  40 

to  be  estimated  and  reported 80  38 

when  legally  levied 81  39 

Benzine,  manufacture  and  sale  regulated  619  344 

regulations  de  619-626     344-347 

Bequests  and  donations,  city  may  receive  137,162  62,70 

Bicycles  and  carts  on  sidewalk,  prohibited  512  315 

power  de  speed  of   137  61 

speed  of  in  parks 4  356 

Bids  and  proposals,  how  made  156  67 

for  contracts   156  67 

to  be  posted  on  bulletin  219  232 

Bill  posting,  regulated  633  348 

Billiard  and  bowling,  power  de  licensing  of 137  62 

Billiards,  licenses  issued  by  Chief  of  Police 15  155 

penalty  for  keeping 15  155 

Bills,  against  city,  must  be  approved  by  Board  of  Finance  .  .  25,42  17,24 

audited  by  Fire  Commissioners  285  239 

certified,  how   25  17 

Controller  must  not  certify  to,  when 24  17 

how  verified 25  17 

made  out 1  151 

Blasphemous  or  indecent  performance,  penalty 17  1.56 

Blind,  statistics  de   206  86 

Board  of  Aldermen   125  54 

attendance   128  55 

Clerk  of   36  21 

Clerk  to  keep  40  161 

committee  to  have  maps 44  162 

elections  in 130  56 

election  of  7  10 

in  town  wards 216  92 

journal  of   40  161 

may  inquire  of  departments 42  162 

may  remit  interest  and  fees  on  lien  ....  36  160 

meetings  of 39,41,127  161,54 

order  of  and  service   43  162 

to  be  served  on  party 43  162 

page  128  55 

powers  de  conveyance  licenses  441  297 

president  of,  how  chosen   126  54 


IX 

SECTION. 

Board  of  Aldermen,  pre>idcnt  of,  to  be  acting  Mayor  when  10 

powers 137 

punishment  of  members   127 

quorum   127 

regarding  taking  of  land   78 

regular  and  special  meetings,  how  called  41 

to  adopt  rules  of  procedure  127 

appoint  committee  to  hear  claims  ..  11 

town  officers  361 

weighers,  measurers,  etc.   ..  361,362 

assess  benefits -. 31 

authorize  contracts  216 

consider  appeal  from  Fire  Marshal.  .  626 

designate  bathing  places   277 

elect  members  of  Board  of  Finance.  .  41 

supervisor  of  boilers   579 

establish  building  lines   205 

sinking  fund   694 

make  ordinance   137 

number  buildings 2(  )7 

permit  signs  to  be  erected 511 

refer    claim  for  damages  to  committee  11 

witnesses  before 131 

Arbitration  for  damaged  buildings  180 

Assessors   211 

maps  for.  how  prepared 450 

powers  and  duties  211 

terms  of 211 

Charities  and  Correction 201-206 

able-bodied  persons,  furnished  shelter,  when  202 

annual  report  of  203 

appointments  and  removals  by  204 

appointment  and  terms  of 201 

care  of  poor  202 

notice  and  summons,  how  served 206 

powers  of 206 

de  workhouses   206 

superintendent  of,  how  appointed  201 

to  employ  manager  of  Springside  Home  ...  204 

keep  record  of  cases  203 

Civil  Service  Commissioners,  how  constituted  ....  117 

rules  of 118 

terms  of 117 

Compensation,  clerk  of 77 

how  constituted  and  appointed  76 

report  of 84 

to  assess  benefits  and  damages  78 


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54 
37 
161 
54 
153 
273 
273 
159 
231 
346 
249 
23 
334 
227 
338 
60 
228 
314 
153 
56 
217 
89 
304 
89 
89 
84 
85 
85 
86 
84 
85 
86 
86 
86 
84 
86 
85 
52 
52 
52 
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36 
41 
3Z 


X  

SECTION.  PAGE. 

I'loard  of  Compensalion.  Clerk  of,  to  notify  property  owners 

when 82  39 

report  assessments 80  38 

Education  105  48 

appointment  of  secretary lOG  49 

duties 106  49 

employes  exempt  from  civil  service  ....  118  52 

may  divide  into  subdistricls  113  51 

president  of 106  49 

to  have  control  of  funds  108  50 

maintain  schools   Ill  51 

prepare  estimates 109  50 

report    112  51 

vacancies  in,  how  filled  . 105  48 

women  eligible  to  146  65 

Finance  41  23 

and  Mayor  to  prepare  rate  bill 592  338 

clerk  of 35  20 

Controller  subject  to  19  16 

duties  de  bonds  of  officers  155  67 

school  funds   108-110  50 

taxes    591  338 

estimates    44  24 

to  be  sul)mitted  to    148  Q6 

expenses  of   41  23 

general  duties  and  powers  of 41-45  23 

may  discount  taxes  45  25 

meetings   42  24 

members  43  24 

must  recommend  transfers  44  24 

not  to  approve  bill  for  personal  damage  until  G  152 
in  meeting  without  ma- 
jority present 6  152 

without  items  and  date  1  151 

power  de  special  tax 591  338 

registrars'  assistants  208  87 

reports  of,  published,  when  44  24 

to  adj  ust  claims  6  152 

appropriate  for  concerts,  parades,  etc.  44  24 

funds  for  library 102  46 

parks   92  43 

school  funds   110  50 

approve  bills  25  17 

salaries,  etc 157  69 

salaries  of  health  officer,  etc.  95  45 

borrow  money 45  25 

direct  deposit  of  funds  29  19 

examine  claims,  etc 42  24 


XI  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Board  of  Finance  to  fix  salaries  of  Assessors'  clerks  'ill  90 

Board  of  Compensation  7(1  37 

clerks  77  37 

tax  rate   44  24 

instruct  Controller  in  order  of  payment  8  152 

levy  school  tax   1  lU  50 

regulate  office,  hours,  when  26  18 

Town  Clerk's  assistants    207  87 

Fire  Commissioners,  auditing  bills   235  239 

designate  temporary  chief.  .  238  239 

how  appointed  and  terms  of  55  29 

meetings   235  239 

powers  and  duties  of 237  239 

to  provide  fire  alarm  telegraph       237  239 

Harbor  Commissioners,  appeal  from  acts  of  101 

how  appointed  and  terms  of  97 

how  composed   100 

powers  and  duties  of  ... .  97 

power  to  remove  obstructions  101 

Health,  appointment  and  terms  of  office  93  44 

duties  94  44 

jurisdiction  of 94  44 

may  clean  or  abolish  house  355  271 

examine   milk  premises    269  247 

wagon,  etc 271  247 

nuisances    346  269 

gas  works 349  269 

in  case  of  spread  of  contagious  disease  97  45 

appoint  health  officers  95  45 

rules  to  be  published  94  44 

to  abate  nuisances 94  44 

abolish  cesspools  and  privies  330  266 

issue  license  for  carting  whitefish,  ofifal, 

etc 320-322  264 

keeping  cattle,  etc.  .  . .  337  267 

public  funerals,   when  293  253 

milk  licenses  267  246 

what  licenses 305  255 

license  night  soil  men  331,332  266 

plumbers  375  277 

slaughter  houses   339  268 

receive  police  assistance  96  45 

regulate  sale  of  food 94  44 

Highways 132  56 

Library  Directors,  may  appoint  necessary  employes  101  46 

appointment  and  terms  of 99  45 

Park  Commissioners   (see  Park  Commission). 


Xll  — 

SECTION.  TAGE. 

Board  of  Police  Coiuniissioncrs   48  26 

duties    400  284 

to  designate  voting  places.  220  233 

keep  list  of  property  .  .  406  287 
record  of  breaches 

of  ordinances  .. .  407  287 

Relief 212  90 

powers  and  duties  212  90 

term  and  salary  of  212  90 

Supervisors  of  steam  boilers,  to  appoint  inspector  581  334 

how  chosen  579  334 

to  grant  permission 

to   set  boilers....  583  335 

make  rules 580  334 

Boilers,  certificates  of  inspection  588  336 

engineers  to  be  responsible 587  336 

inspection  of  by  companies  588,590    336,337 

inspector,  how  appointed   581  334 

duties  of 582  335 

to  issue  what  licenses 305  256 

supervisor  of,  how  chosen  579  334 

steam,  power  de  regulation  of 137  60 

Bonds,  and  deeds  to  be  signed  by  Mayor 11  12 

for  bridges  authorized Ill 

city  officers,  city  to  pay  for 155  67 

floating  indebtedness   118 

liquor  dealers,  not  to  be  given  by  officers  139  68 

pavements 104 

prosecution  of  charges   142  65 

school  house  110 

sewerage    IIG 

forfeited   183  78 

form  of    155  67 

how  drafted   356  272 

in  criminal  cases,  who  may  take 188  80 

issued  only  by  order  of  board  of  aldermen 216  231 

not  to  be  given  for  contracts  by  city  officers 139  63 

of  Assistant  City  Clerk 36  21 

City  Attorney  and  Assistant  193  82 

Clerk  35  21 

Clerk  of  City  Court 167  72 

Collector    34  20 

Controller    26  18 

Director  of  Public  Works  73  35 

Policemen    402  285 

Registrar  of  vital  statistics 208  88 

Sinking  fund  commissioners  159  70 


XIU 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Bonds  of  Superintendent  of  charities    201  85 

Town  Clerk 207  87 

Treasurer  28  19 

on  contracts   156  67 

or  notes,  order  for  payment  25  17 

power  to  require  when  137  62 

signed    by    218  231 

Bondsman,  certain  parties  not  to  act  63  31 

Bones,     conveyance  for   322  264 

license  for  transporting   321  264 

Bonfire  regulated '. 261  248 

Bootblack    603  341 

Borrowing    45  25 

of  money,  how  authorized 218  231 

Borough  of  Fair  Haven  East   223  93 

Boundaries    1  5 

Bowling  alleys  and  billiards,  power  de  licensing  of  137  62 

penalty  for  keeping 15  153 

Brass  knuckles  forbidden  283  250 

Bribery,    penalty     163  70 

Brick  not  to  be  used  in  sidewalks   517  316 

used  in  building  55  168 

Bridges  appeal  from  order 134  58 

bonds  authorized 112 

construction  of,  engineer  to  superintend  76  37 

director  of  public  works  to  have  charge  of 74  35 

draw,  to  be  kept  closed,  when 484  311 

duties  of  town  de,  transferred  to  city 200  84 

how  constructed    76  35 

layout  to  be  referred  to  department  of  public  works  78  38 

railroad  companies  to  clear  walks  on 577  333 

regulations   de    568  332 

supervision  of    134  58 

Buildings,  aisles  to  be  kept  free  from  chairs,  etc 151  205 

arbitration  on   180  217 

area  retaining  walls  to  I)e  built 62  171 

bolting  iron  or  steel  work  122  194 

cellars  to  be  connected  with  sewers,  when  71  174 

chimneys,  fireplaces,  etc.,  in  155, 156  206 

court  of  common  council's  powers  de 57  30 

damaged,  regulations  de  rebuilding  180  217 

defacing    278  249 

elevators,  etc.,  regulations  de  166  211 

fees  for  permit  54  168 

fire  district  ". 56  168 

escapes,  regulations   de    185  220 

marshal  to  report  57  30 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Buildings,   fireproof 104  18G 

height     104  186 

injury  to  208  228 

inspection  of,  Fire  Marshal's  duty 57  30 

inspector  of   48  165 

duties  de  unsafe  buildings  57  30 

general  powers  and  duties  of  48  165 

how  appointed  and  qualifications  of  ....  57  30 

order  final  when  193  224 

salary  of   57  30 

to  issue  permits,  when   50  166 

report  violations  to  City  Attorney  .  .  42  165 

license  fees  313  258 

lines    205  227 

assessment  for   78  38 

estimate  of  cost    80  38 

how  established   206  228 

penalty  for  non-observance 207  228 

material  in  street,  permit  for  54  168 

moving    202  226 

numbering  of 206  228 

ordinances,  fire  marshal  to  enforce  57  30 

violations  to  be  reported  to  Mayor 57  30 

on  piles   70  173 

owner  of  liable  for  use  of  unlicensed  show 16  155 

permit  revocation 201  226 

permits  canceled,  when 201  226 

fire  marshal  to  issue 57  30 

to  last  six  months  206  228 

power  of  city  de  construction  and  use  of 137  60 

de  protection  against  137  60 

public  director  to  have  charge  of 74  35 

scope  of  ordinance   47  165 

to  be  kept  clean 336  267 

unsafe,  duty  of  Fire  Department   55  29 

violations,  penalties   204  227 

Bulletin  board  in  City  Hall  219  232 

Bulkheads  construction  171  213 

Bureau  of  compensation  76  37 

Engineering,  powers  and  duties  of  76  37 

sewers,  powers  of  76  36 

street,  powers  of  76  36 

Bureaus  in  Public  Works  department 76  36 

heads  of,  how  appointed  and  removed  .  .  75  36 

Burial  grounds,  climbing  over  fence   210  229 

monument    210  229 

damage  in  driving  faster  than  walk   211  230 


XV  — 

SECTION.  I'AGE. 

Burial  grounds,  director  to  keep  corrected  chart   214  230 

exempted  from  assessment   215  230 

making  disturbance    212  230 

rubbish  on  lot 209  229 

Burials,  power   de   regulation  of    137  62 

By-laws,  etc.,  to  be  printed  before  passed  129  55 

hearing  on  before  adoption   129  55 

penalties  for  violation,  how  collected   183  78 

c 

Candidates  for  office  not  to  give  or  receive  presents,  etc.  ...  139  63 

Capias,  issuance  of  131  56 

Captains  and  sergeants  of  police,  how  appointed  47  26 

Carpets  not  to  be  beaten  on  street  or  square 494  312 

shaken  in  street 494  312 

Carriages,  power  de  fees  and  licenses  for 137  61 

prices    431  295 

public  (see  public  conveyances)   

stands   423-427    293,294 

to    be    numbered    417  290 

to  post  ordinance 417  291 

Cars,  animals  or  vehicles  not  to  stop  on  crosswalks  506  313 

Mayor  to  designate  where  stand   507  314 

not  to  obstruct  travel  507  314 

speed  of   568  332 

carts  and  bicycles  on  sidewalks  prohibited 512  315 

cast  iron  columns  110  189 

Catch-basins,  injury  to   465  307 

private,  regulations   458  306 

throwing  substances  into  466  307 

Cattle  and  swine,  keeping  of  prohibited  without  license  ....  337  267 

license  for  keeping  337  267 

not  to  go  at  large 20  157 

Celebrations,  appropriations    44  25 

Cellar  doors  and  doorways,  regulations  de   518,519  817 

regulated  518  317 

Cemetery  associations  not  to  be  assessed,  when  215  230 

driving  in,   regulations    211  230 

dumping  of  rubbish  prohibited  209  229 

improper  entry  of  210  229 

Certificates  of  liens  to  be  recorded  83  40 

when  filed  83  40 

nominations     147  66 

Cesspools  and  catch-basins,  regulations    453-456  305 

drains,  regulations  de 344  268 

forbidden  in  street   458  306 

time  for  cleaning  of   333  266 

Chairman  of  committees,  powers  of  131  56 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Charcoal,  how   measured    COO  341 

Charges  against  city  officers,  how  made  139,213  G3,90 

members  of  police  and  fire  departments  ....  00  31 
police     and     fire     departments. 

how  made   65  32 

officer,  how  served  12  13 

for  removal  of  official,  must  he  in   writing  12  13 

Charities  and  Corrections,  appointments  204  86 

Board  of   201-206  84 

department  of,  duties  de  poor  .  . .  202  85 

estimates    203  85 

notice  and  summons,  how  served  206  86 

power  of  selectmen 206  86 

powers  de  workhouses   206  86 

record  of  cause  of  destitute 204  86 

relief  to  outside  poor  205  86 

report    202  85 

to    employ    manager    of    Spring- 
side  Home  204  86 

Charter,  effect   226  94 

violation  of,  cause  for  removal  from  office 139  63 

Checks  to  be  drawn  by  City  Clerk  25  17 

Chief  of  Fire  Department 55  29 

duties    60  31 

and  powers  of  238  239 

duty  de  hydrants  254  242 

etc.  to  give  special  license  when  . .  611  342 

may  arrest  at  fire  240  240 

destroy  property    239  239 

powers  during  fire  239  239 

to  be  in  command  during  fire   .  . .  239  239 

keep  certain  records 238  239 

make  report  to  Board  238  239 

Chief  of  Police  Department,  duties  60  31 

duties  405  286 

Mayor  to  appoint    49  26 

may  permit  the  carrying  of  weapons  283  250 

salary  50  27 

to  suppress  riots  198  84 

to  be  notified  of  claim  for  damages  12  151 

call  assistance   198  84 

enter  suspected  house  198  84 

issue  what  licenses   305  255 

keep  an  ordinance  book 407  287 

license  billiard  tables  and  bowling  alleys  15  155 

bootblacks  and  revoke  same  ....  603  341 

procure  evidence  for  corporation  counsel  12  153 

regulate  carriage  stands    424  293 


XVll  — 

SECTION.  PAGE, 

Chimneys,  built  of  brick  or  stone  153  206 

cleaning  regulated  257  243 

flues  to  be  smooth  154  206 

foundation  for  155  206 

foundry    155  206 

height 155  206 

openings  at  the  bottom 153  206 

'Cigars  not  to  be  used  in  barn 258  243 

'Circus  16  155 

City  funds,  how  deposited 29  19 

government,  extension  of -. 218  92 

meeting,  who  may  vote 5  10 

Citizen  to  give  assistance  to  police 198  84 

City  and  Town,  consolidation  of  218  92 

'City  Attorney  165  71 

bond,  how  taken  188  80 

bonds  of  193  82 

collect  forfeited  bonds 193  82 

grand  j  uror  191  81 

collect  penalty    192  82 

office  hours   170  73 

oath  of  191  81 

penalty  for  neglect  of  duty 191  81 

power  of 191  81 

power  to  sue  for  penalties    183  78 

removal    191  81 

salary  of 171  73 

special  bond , 193  82 

to  collect  forfeiture  14  154 

penalties     183,369      78,275 

to  pay  all  sums  collected  to  Treasurer 14  152 

prosecute  violations  of  park  rules    88  43 

City  Clerk,  Assistant  36  21 

authorized  to  administer  oaths  25  18 

bond  of 35  20 

duties    35  20 

duty  in  matter  of  claims  against  city 11,12  153 

regarding  ordinances   374  276 

record  of  officials  374  276 

salary  of    40  23 

to  compare  damages  and  benefits  and  certify   . .  3  151 

devote  entire  time  to  city 35  20 

draw  order   25  18 

on  treasurer   9  152 

endorse  failure  of  Mayor  to  act  11  13 

keep  record  of  bonds  216  231 

nominations  to  be  filed  with 147  66 


City  CIlmIv  [o  lunify  City  Engineer  of  defects  in  streets  . 
controller  of  assessment  of  damages 

officials  of  appeal    

nnmber  all   orders    

pnhlish  notices  of  assessments  

ordinances     

record  certificates  of  election 

contracts,  deeds,  etc  

result  of  election    

send  notice  of  assessments  

to  those  affected  by  orders 

when    chosen    


City  Court 


appeal  in  civil  cause , 

appeals    

appeal  from,  in  criminal  cases 

appointments  by  Judge  

breach  of  ordinances- 

capias    

city   sheriff    

civil  jurisdiction    

commitments  

costs  in  civil  cases  

criminal  jurisdiction 

criminal  process,  how  served 

forms  in  civil  cases   

interpreters    

criminal  session  

drawing  jury    

fees,  etc.,  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury 

fines  and  sentences,  limit  of 

Judge  of  Common  Pleas,  to  act,  when  

jurisdiction  of  all  cases  under  $100 

jurors,  how  chosen 

jury  claiming   • 

limitation  of,  powers  of  

may  suspend  judgment  when 

no  criminal  jury  

number  of  jury  180,181 

no  power  to  issue  certain  writs 

office  hours  of  Attorney  

officers  must  be  resident-electors  of  city 

officers  to  attend 

officials  of.  not  to  act  in,  when  

policemen  not  to  receive  fees 

powers  of  Associate  Judge  

process,  form  of  


SECTION. 

PAGE, 

12 

153 

U 

160 

33 

159 

9 

152- 

81 

39' 

35 

20 

221 

23a 

217 

231 

221 

233 

136 

59 

43 

162 

6 

10 

164 

71 

172 

74r 

184 

78- 

185 

79- 

165 

71 

186 

79- 

188 

80 

182 

7g 

172 

74 

196 

83 

176 

76 

185 

79 

194 

8? 

174 

76- 

10f> 

188 

80 

180 

77 

168 

72 

185 

79- 

166 

71 

176 

76 

180 

77 

179 

77 

172 

74 

189 

80 

188 

80 

180,181 

77 

172 

74 

170 

73 

165 

71 

195 

83 

165 

71 

405 

286 

166 

71 

174 

76 

—  XIX  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

City  Court,  process,  service  of  178  77 

removal  of  causes  from 1""2  74 

civil  action   1<'-^  "4 

return  of  writ 178  77 

rules  of  practice   175  76 

salaries   • 171  73 

service  of  writ  178  77 

stenographers  171       73,  lOi) 

taxable  costs  190  81 

term    177  77 

to  have  jurisdiction  over  park  rule  violations  ....  88  42 

warrants,  how  issued  188  80 

witness  fees    190  81 

City  elections,  police  commissioners'  powers   52  27 

power  de  warning  and  regulation  of 137  63 

City  Engineer 76  37 

appointment  and  salary  of 75  36 

duties    76,450      37,304 

to    lay    map    of    public    improvements    before 

committee    32  159 

prepare  plans  for  sewers 454  305 

map  of  place  where  damage   oc- 
curred     12  153 

serve   Park   Commissioners    91  43 

superintend  laying  pavements 108 

City  of  New  Haven,  incorporation  of  2  5 

limits  of   1  5 

may  take  land  for  school  purposes  .  . .  114  51 

powers  of  town 200  84 

rights,  powers  and  privileges  of 2  5 

City  laborers,  nine  hours  to  constitute  a  day  561  329 

City  officers,  chosen,  when  and  term  of 6  10 

election    220  233 

must  be  resident-electors  of  city 146  65 

payment  of 45  25 

prosecution  of 143  65 

to  hold  but  one  position 161  70 

salaries   of    40  23 

when  must  be  nominated 147  66 

City  officials  to  keep  offices  open 367  274 

Sheriff,  duties  of  38,182  22,7S 

salary  of 40  23 

Year  book,  who  shall  compile  36  21 

Civil  jurisdiction  of  City  Court  172  74 

process,  sheriff  may  serve  38  22 

service  controller  accountable  for  salary  120  53 


XX  

SECTION. 

Civil   service   examinations    124 

offenses     121 

rules,  who  exempt  from 118 

secretary  122 

duties    123 

to  govern  police  appointments  47 

treasurer  exempt  from   28 

Board    117 

duties    118 

expenses,  how  paid  117 

penalty  for  violation  of 121 

term   of    117 

to  give  certificates   119 

prescribe  rules  118 

Claim,  City  Clerk  to  draw  order  25 

Controller  to  certify   25 

for  damages.  City  Clerk  to  certify  if  notice  was  not 

given    11 

not  to  be  paid  except  on  opinion  of  cor- 
poration  coimsel    13 

to  be  referred  to  committee 11 

indebtedness  deducted  25 

payment  to  be  withheld  if  party  indebted  to  city   ....  7 

to  be  approved  by  Corporation  Counsel   2 

verified  by  oath  25 

Claims  against  City  for  damages,  notice  of  procedure  12 

not    to    be    certified    to    by    Controller, 

when     24 

power  de  adjustment  and  payment  of  . .  137 

to  be  examined  by  Board  of  Finance  ...  42 

numbered  and  entered  on  books  .  .  25 

Classification  of  expenses,  by  Board  of  Finance 44 

Qeaning  and  repairing  of  streets,  etc 76 

Clerical  assistance    157 

Director  may  appoint 77 

Clerk,  and  Controller,  to  pay  executions  25 

assistant   (See  Assistant  Clerk)    

of  Board  of  Aldermen  36 

Finance    35 

Health    95 

Bureau  of  Compensation  77 

City    (See  City  Clerk)    

City  Court,  appointment  165 

bond    167 

duties  and  powers  167 

in  criminal  records 169 

office  hours   170 


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54 

53 
62 
53 
53 
26 
19 
52 
52 
52 
53 
52 
52 
52 
17 
17 

153 

154 
153 

17 
152 
151 

17 
153 

17 
60 
24 
17 
24 
36 
69 
37 
17 

21 
20 
45 
37 

71 
72 
72 
73 
73 


SECTION.  PAGE, 

.  Clerk  of  City  Court,  salarj-  of 171  73 

to  give  bonds  167  72 

Fire   Department    72  35 

Lamp  Committee 363  274 

Police  Department   72  35 

Public  Works,  powers  and  duties   449  303 

to  keep  records  449  303 

town  (See  Town  Clerk)   

Clerks,  employment  of 157  69 

Coal  hole  not  to  be  left  open 520  317 

houses  in  fire  district .' 181  217 

not  to  be  taken  from  cart  in  transit 599  340 

remain    on    streets    482  310 

pounds  in  ton  596  340 

provisions  for  weighing 639  350 

weighing 597  340 

Collection  of  Taxes,  power  de  137  60 

warrant  for 31  20 

Collector  Bonds  34  20 

deposit  with  treasurer 33  20 

duties    3133  19 

election  of   6  10 

money  paid  to  33  20 

salary   31  20 

to  be  furnished  certificate  of  taxes  abated 593  338 

countersign  and  record  licenses 31  20 

make  daily  deposits 33  20 

receive  assessments    31  19 

fees  for  licenses   31,307  19,257 

money    for   sidewalks,   gutters,   cleaning 

snow,  etc 564  330 

notice  of  abatements  32  20 

rate  bill  warrant  592  338 

record  lien 35  160 

record  liens  for  foreclosure  37  160 

uncollected  taxes  32  20 

see  that  certificate  is  recorded 38  160 

sign  certificate  of  lien  31,38  20,100 

when  chosen  6  10 

Columns,  cast  iron  110  189 

double    Ill  190 

for  party  walls  112  191 

iron  or  steel  110  189 

plates  on  top   113  191 

shoes,  under    110  189 

wrought  iron   109  189' 


XXH  

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Compensation,  Board  of.  hearing  by 80  38 

how  constituted  and  salaries  of.  ...  7G  37 

Bureau 76  37 

assessments   by    78  37 

clerk  of 77  37 

to  estimate  cost  and  report  assessments  80  38 
for  members  of  Fire  Department,  how  deter- 
mined      55  29 

taking  land  for  streets,  parks,  etc 135  58 

notices,  how  served    79  38 

of  members  of  Police  Department  50  27 

officers,  power  de  regulation  of 137  03 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures 37  21 

Competitive  examinations,  notice  of  124  54 

Complaint  against  City  officers,  how  drawn'  and  served  ....  140  64 

Commerce,  power  de  regulation  of 137  62 

Commission  for  paving   107 

on  Public  Memorials  137 

Commissions,  contracts  by    156  67 

members  to  serve  on  but  one 161  70 

power  to  remove  65  32 

Commissioners  exempt  from  civil  service 118  52 

must  confirm  suspensions  60  31 

not  to  be  bondsman  63  31 

of  compensation    76  37 

departments,  may  retire  officer,  how  ....  69  34 

to  be  trustees  of  relief  funds  68  34 

heat  and  light  buildings.  .  59  30 

prescribe  rules  59  30 

Commissioners  of  Fire  Department  (See  Fire  Commissioners) 
Police  Department  (See  Fire  Commissioners) 
Public  Parks  (See  Park  Commissioners) 

Sinking  Funds  159  70,132 

Commitment  of  insane,  indigents,  etc 206  86 

to  Connecticut  School  for  Boys,  etc 206  86 

jail,  workhouse,  etc 196  83 

Committee  of  Board  of  Aldermen  to  have  maps  44  160 

Claims,  meetings,  sheriff  to  serve  notices  ....  38  22 

to  notify  parties  to  appear 11  154 

Common  Pleas  Court,  Judge  to  order  notices 79  38 

Concealed  weapons  forbidden  283  250 

Concert,  public  to  be  licensed 16  153 

saloon    279  249 

Concerts,  appropriation  for,  how  made 44  25 

Concrete  used  in  building  55  166 


XXlll  

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Condemnation  of  land  for  park  purposes 90  43 

])roceedings  for  school  purposes   114  51 

wharf  privileges 132  5(5 

Connecticut  Industrial  School  for  Girls  196  83 

School  for  Boys,  to  receive  those  committed.  ..  .  196  83 

Connections  with  sewers,  etc.,  power  to  require 137  62 

Consent,  unanimous  required,  when  129  55 

Conservators,  etc.,  power  of  Board  of  Charities  de 206  86 

Consolidation  act 200-225  84 

of  outlying  wards,  how  accomplished 218  92 

school  districts,  how  accomplished 116  5l 

Constables'  duties  209  88 

election  of  209  88 

removal    412  288 

special  365  274 

how  appointed   47  26 

power  de  appointment  of  137  63 

to  wear  badge 366  274 

Contagious  diseases   284-297     251-253 

care  of  clothing  294  253 

defined    285  251 

duty  of  Board  of  Health 97  45 

no  public  funeral 293  253 

notice  to  be  posted  296  253 

patient  not  to  attend  school 290  252 

be  removed  289  252 

to  come  into  city  291  252 

to  be  isolated 292  253 

places  to  be  disinfected 295  253 

private  hospital  forbidden 284  251 

report  of  death 287  252 

by  others  288  252 

to  be  reported 286  251 

Contractors,  bonds  for,  not  to  be  given  by  City  officers 139  64 

liable  when   156  67 

prohibiting,  from  giving  gifts,  etc 139  64 

Contracts  acceptance   156  67 

advertised    156  67 

bids  to  be  opened  publicly 156  68 

by  departments  and  officers  156  69 

certified   check  required    156  69 

City,  power  to  regulate  form  of 137  60 

Controller  not  to  certify,  when 24  17 

etc.,  to  be  drafted  by  Corporation  Counsel 356  272 

executed  in  triplicate  156  69 

expenditures  in  excess  of  $250  must  be  by 156  68 

forfeit  for  failure  to  execute  156  69 


XXIV  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Contracts,  form    156  68. 

issued  only  by  order  of  Board  of  Aldermen 216  231 

members  of  City  government  ineligible  as  bonds- 
men      63  31 

must  be  approved  by  Corporation  Counsel  156  68' 

in  writing  156  68 

sealed  bids   156  68 

not  binding  unless    120,217  53,231 

to  be  awarded  to  whom 156  69 

of  department  of  Public  Works,  how  kept 449  304 

record  to  be  kept 217  231 

to  be  acted  upon  by  Court  of  Common  Council, 

when   156  68" 

printed  in  Year  book 217  231 

signed  by  Mayor 11  12' 

unpaid,  account  of  23  17 

Controller,  bonds  26  18' 

duties    19-27  16 

liable  for  money  unlawfully  paid 120  53 

may  inspect  library  bills,  etc 102  47 

member  of  Board  of  Finance 41  23 

office    26  18- 

payment  of  salary  under  civil  service 120  53 

salary  of    '. 40  23 

to  approve  bonds  on  contracts 156  68 

audit  accounts  27  IS' 

treasurer's  accounts  daily 22  16 

countersign  bonds   218  231 

enter  assessments   in  book  and  transmit  to 

collector    34  160 

furnish  license  blanks,  for  licenses,  etc 303  255 

keep  certain  books  .  . . ' 4  152 

pay  claims  as  instructed  by  Board  of  Finance  8  152 

provide  for  licenses  303  255 

report  quarterly  22  16 

to  Board  of  Finance  if  approved  bills 

exceed  appropriation   5  152 

sign  notes  or  obligations 218  231 

when  chosen  and  term  of 6  10 

Conveyances,  license  fees   313  261 

public  power  de  licensing  of 137  61 

(See  public  conveyances.) 

Cornices  construction  172  214 

Coroner,  to  be  assisted  by  police  403  285 

Corporation  of  New  Haven,  limits  of  1  5. 


XXV 

Corporation  Counsel   


SECTION. 

PAGE. 

15 

14 

17 

15 

18 

16 

40 

23 

357 

272 

359 

273 

17 

15 

15 

14 

11 

153 

156 

68 

2 

149 

360 

273 

14 

154 

27 

18 

348 

269 

356 

272 

14 

154 

Assistance    

Assistant    

salary  of  

duties 

expenses  allowed  

office    

qualifications     

to  appear  before  committee  on  claims 

approve  contracts   

judgment     .....' 

be  notified  of  claim  of  City  

bring  all  suits  

collect  balance  due  from  officer  or 

surety    

expense     

draft  all  papers 

foreclose  lien 

investigate  claim  for  personal  dam- 
ages     11  153 

notify  City  Clerk  of  withdrawal  of 

appeal     

Controller  of  payment 

pay  all  sums  to  treasurer 

try  appeals  for  benefits  and  damages 

watch  State  Legislature  

Corruption,  etc.,  cause  for  removal  from  office    

Costs  of  appeal  from  assessment,  how  taxed   

taxation  of,  in  City  Court  

in  trial  upon  charges   

Councilmen,  Board  abolished   

Counsel,  additional  may  be  employed 

County  Health  Officer  no  jurisdiction  in  town  

Court  of  Common  Council  125-138 

action  on  appropriations   

aye  and  nay  vote  in  

buildings    

duties  of  town 

elections  in   

how  composed   . 

may  make  assessments 

divide  wards 

increase  salaries  of  officers 
secure  opinions  of  Corpora- 
tion Counsel   

Mayor  to  approve  acts  of 


33 

160 

14 

154 

14 

154 

33 

160 

358 

273 

139 

63 

85 

41 

190 

81 

142 

65 

119 

17 

15 

94 

45 

138 

54 

44 

24 

127 

54 

57 

30 

219 

93 

130 

56 

119 

31 

157 

4 

10 

40 

23 

16 

15 

125 

54 

SECTION. 

Court  of  Common  Council,  meetings  of,  power  de  warning  of  137 

members  of,  ineligible  for  bonds- 
men      63 

not  to  order  improvements  until 

appropriation  is  made  154 

orders  to  be  executed  by  Direc- 
tor of  Public  Works   74 

ordinances    137, 138 

quorum  of  and  how  obtained  .  . .   127,128 

special  meetings  of 11 

power  de  bridges 132 

railroad   134 

buildings  133 

election   9 

paving  streets 132 

sewers,  gutters,  etc.   .  .  132 

sidewalks   82 

sprinkling  streets 136 

squares,  parks,  etc.  .  . .  132 

streets   132 

taking  land     135 

walks  132 

wharves  and  docks  . . .  132 
to    compel    attendance    of 

members 128 

powers  concerning  lamps  58 

to  act  on  contracts,  when 156 

adopt  rules 127 

appoint  assistant  city  clerk  ...  36 

officers  not  named  . .  .  214 

approve  appropriations 44 

park  rules   88 

assess  for  street  sprinkling  .  . .  136 

make  appropriations,  when   . .  44 

provide  for  building  inspector  57 

regulate  contracts   156 

transfer  appropriation   44 

Criminal  aiding  » 411 

jurisdiction  of  City  Court 185 

process  service  194 

Crosswalks,  cars  and  vehicles  not  to  stop  on 506 

director  to  construct 446 

horse  not  to  be  left  on 503 

not  to  obstruct 506 

vehicles  not  to  stand  near 427 

or  horses  not  to  be  left  on 503 


PAGE. 
63 

31 

67 

36 
60 
54 
12 
56 
58 
57 
11 
56 
56 
39 
58 
56 
56 
58 
56 
56 

55 

28 

68 

54 

21 

91 

24 

42 

58 

24 

30 

68 

24 

288 

79 

82 

313 

303 

313 

313 

294 

313 


XXVll  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Curbs  and  gutters,  etc.,  Supt.  of  Streets  to  lay,  when 82  39 

construction  or  repair 82  39 

D 

Damaged  buildings 180  217 

Damages  against  city,  procedure  11  153 

appeal  from 85  41 

assessment  of  78  38 

how  paid   3  151 

claim  for  (see  Claims). 

payable,  to  be  included  in  assessments  83  40 

report  de,  to  be  published 81  38 

personal,  not  to  be  paid,  unless  city  is  legally  liable  13  154 

when   6  152 

to  be  deposited  with  City  Treasurer 81  39 

paid  after  benefits  are  deducted 3  151 

whom  payable 81  39 

and  benefits,  appeal  from  33  159 

assessment  of  31-38  159 

to  be  estimated  and  reported 80  38 

Dance  public  to  be  licensed 16  155 

Dangerous  buildings 192  223 

Day  nine  hours  561  329 

Dead  animal  to  be  buried  324  264 

Deaf,  dumb  and  blind,  statistics  de 206  86 

Debtor  to  city  not  to  be  paid 7  154 

Debts  of  town  assumed  by  city 215  91 

Deed  issued  only  by  Board  of  Aldermen 216  231 

Deeds  and  bonds  to  be  signed  by  Mayor 11  12 

how    drafted    356  272 

Department  accounts.  Controller  to  keep  20  16 

property  controlled  by  Commissioners  59  30 

supplies,  power  to  purchase  157  69 

of  Charities  and  Corrections  2U1  84 

(See  Charities  and  Corrections.) 
Education  (see  Board  of  Education). 

Finance,  powers  and  duties  of 41-45  23 

(See  Board  of  Finance.) 

Fire   54  29 

and  police,  applicants  for,  how  examined  118  52 
of  fire  service  (see  Fire  Department). 

Parks 86  41 

(See  Parks  and  Park  Commissioners.) 

Police   46  26 

(See  Police  Department.) 

Public  Health,  powers  and  duties  of 93-97  44 

(See  Board  of  Health.) 


XXVlll 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Department  Public  Library  98-103-  45 

Works       73  35 

bureaus  of  7G  36 

to  furnish  titles  of  owners  of 

property 77  37 

(See  Director  of  Public  Works.) 

Departments,  annual  reports  of  158  70 

heads  of  to  confer 11  12 

must  answer  inquiry  of  Board  of  Aldermen  ...  42  162 

power  to  employ  clerks  157  69 

to  make  estimates  148  Q6 

Detective  bureau  47  26 

Director  of  Public  Works,  care  of  lost  property 448  803 

consent  of,  necessary  for  removal 

of  buildings 202  226 

duties  447  303 

de  railroads  566  331 

walks   and   gutters   dur- 
ing building 199  225 

duty   de   restoring  of  pavements, 

etc 475,476  309 

powers  and  duties  446,447  303 

de  gas  leaks   349  269 

to  abate  nuisances 347  269 

approve  removals 76  36 

certify  bills   446  303 

construct  crosswalks 446  303 

erect  fences,  when 492  312 

have    care    of    streets,    sewers, 

bridges  and   public  grounds  74  35 
have   charge    of   cleaning,    re- 
pairing, etc.,  of  streets 74  35 

issue     license     for     watering 

pavements 531  319 

issue      permits      for      opening 

streets   470,471  308 

issue  what  licenses  305  260 

keep  time-books,  files,  etc 447  303 

i                                   license  plumbers 375  277 

make  connections,  when 469  308 

notify  owner  of  violations  .  . .  199  225 

repair  sidewalk    515  316 

revoke  license  477  309 

licenses      for      opening 

streets    477  309 

supervise  opening  and  refilling 
of  streets   472,473     308,309 


XXIX  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Directors  of  Public  Library,  appointment  of  99  45 

powers  and  duties  of 99-103  45 

to  appoint  officers  101  46 

make  rules 100  46 

Disability  or  absence  of  Mayor 10  11 

Disabled  officers,  retirement  of 69  34 

Disapproval  of  vote,  order,  etc.,  by  Mayor 11  12 

Discount  of  incoming  taxes  45  25 

Discontinuance  of  highways,  estimate  of  cost 80  38 

order,  how  referred  78  37 

Disease,  contagious  284-297    251-253 

(See  contagious  diseases.) 

Disinterments,  power  de  regulation  of 137  62 

Dismissals  by  Superintendent  of  Schools  final,  when 107  49 

Disorderly  assemblages,  power  to  prevent   137  60 

houses,  power  de  suppression  of  137  60 

person  at  fire  subject  to  arrest  240  240 

Division  of  wards  4  10 

Dock,  merchandise  not  to  remain  over  two  days 318  263 

Dockmaster,  duties  553-557  324 

Dog  fights,  penalty  for  282  250 

in  parks  1  356 

no  one  but  owner  to  remove  collar  or  muzzle 29  158 

registered,  penalty  for  interfering  with 29  158 

unmuzzled,  how  treated  28  158 

Dogs,  muzzling  of .'.  26  158 

not  to  be  at  large  in  public  parks 1  356 

taken  to  dog  pound 28  158 

to  be  muzzled 26  158 

vicious  27  158 

Donations  and  bequests,  city  may  receive  137  62 

Doors  openings  for 90  181 

Drain  pipes  regulated   380  279 

private  regulated    326  265 

Drainage,  power  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de 133  57 

provided  for  . Ill 

Draining  and  raising  low  lands,  power  de  137  61 

Drains  connections  regulated 459  306 

with  sewers 455  305 

how  laid 462  306 

private,  discharging  upon  street  326  265 

Drawbridge  regulated   484-486  311 

Drawings  and  specifications  to  be  filed  with  inspector  51  166 

alteration  of  forbidden   52  166 

Drink  adulterated  not  to  be  sold  274  248 

Drivers  license 419  291 

regulated 420  291 


XXX  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Driving  speed   504  313 

Dumb  waiters 166  211 

Duties  and  powers  of  Selectmen  209  88 

town  assumed  by  city 219  93 

etc.,  of  town,  transferred  to  city 200  84 

of  officers  not  otherwise  prescribed 137  62 

Dwelling  house  not  to  be  used  for  sale  or  storage  of  oils  ....  622  345 

place  may  be  ordered  cleaned 355  271 

E 

East  Rock  Park  appropriation 92  43 

Commissioners  continued  86  41 

successors  of 87  41 

incorporation  of 87  41 

Education  104  48 

Board  of,  appointment  and  terms  of 105  48 

(See  Board  of  Education.) 

Eighth  Ward 3  7 

Elections,  certificate  of,  to  be  recorded 221  233 

city  to  pay  expense  of 210  89 

conducted  by  state  law   221  233 

governed  by  state  law- 4  10 

illegal,  when  147  66 

in  Court  of  Common  Council  how  made 130  56 

Mayor  to  issue  order  220  233 

new  for  death,  etc 9  11 

nominations  to  be  made  10  days 147  66 

police  to  preserve  order  52  27 

powers  and  duties  of  moderator 223  233 

plurality  elects  9  11 

of  Aldermen   220-224  233 

city  officers,  when  held,  how  conducted,  etc.   .  .  4-9  10 

town  officers    210  89 

time  210  89 

voting  places 52  27 

when  held " 6  10 

who  may  vote 5  10 

Elective  officers,  exempt  from  civil  service  118  52 

Electors,  admission  of,  by  Selectmen  .|  209  88 

in   almshouse    131 

of  town  to  be  of  city  210  89 

powers  2  5 

Electric  cars,  gongs  to  be  rung  when  573  33? 

regulations  de 568-576    332-333 

speed  of  568  332 

light  poles,  etc.,  how  to  be  set 645  352 

use  of,  regulations 647  353 


SECTION.  PAGE. 

Electric  light  railway  wires,  regulations   64S  353 

wires 646  352 

construction  164  210 

not  to  run  over  house  tops 647  353 

protection  of 649  353 

Electrical  construction,  superintendent  of 55  29 

plants,  inspection  of  58  30 

and  wires,  powers  de  regulation  of   137  61 

wires  to  be  inspected  58  30 

Elevator  attendant   168  212 

etc.,  regulations    : 166  211 

freight 170  213 

inspection 169  212 

safety  devices  169  212 

shaft  construction  166  211 

Eleventh  Ward   3  8 

Eminent  domain 135  58 

for  public  works  135  58 

right  of,  for  school  sites  114  51 

Employes,  city  how  registered 118  52 

day  561  329 

paid  weekly  562  329 

to  be  paid,  how 45  25 

Encroachment  on  streets  314  263 

power  de 137  61 

Engineers,  abandonment  of  engine  234  237 

appeal  to  Mayor 231  236 

application   227  235 

Board  of  Examiners,  appointment  226  235 

chapter  does  not  apply  233  237 

duties 450  304 

license  fee  228  236 

notice  to  applicant 231  236 

penalty 232  236 

refusal  of  license  230  236 

renewal  of  application 230  236 

revoking  license  229  236 

steam  boiler  license   225  235 

to  superintend  lay  of  pavements 76  37 

Engineer,  city   (see  City  Engineer). 

power  de  licensing  of 137  61 

Engineering,  bureau,  powers  and  duties  of 76  37 

Engines  not  to  connect  with  sewer 456  306 

Epidemic,  Board  of  Health's  power  de  expenditures 97  45 

Equal  new  election 9  11 

Estates,  assessment  against  84  40 

tax  levied  on  44  24 


XXXll  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Estimated  expenses,  when  reported 44  24 

income,  not  to  be  exceeded 44  24 

Estimates  44  24 

of  Board  of  Charities 203  85 

Department  of  Education  109  50 

expense  of  improvements  wlien  made  80  38 

to  be  final,  when  44  24 

published 44  24 

reported  to  Court  of  Common  Council 44  24 

when  submitted  66  148 

Examinations,  certificates  of  Civil  Service  Board 119  52 

for  city  officers  119  52 

in  civil  service   124  54 

of  candidates  for  building  inspector 57  30 

Excavations,  for  area  to  have  retaining  wall 62  171 

building  purposes,  regulations  de 57  169 

cellars,  how  protected  522  317 

guarded    57  169 

gutters  to  be  kept  open 195  224 

if  more  than  10  ft 58  170 

in  parks,  license  for 12  357 

street  or  sidewalk  195  224 

streets,  etc 316  263 

permits  for  470  308 

protection  of  57  169 

to  be  guarded  478  310 

kept  lighted 195  224 

under  party  walls   60  170 

Executions  against  city,  must  be  certified  to 2  151 

and  judgments,  how  paid 25  18 

Executive  and  administrative  officers'  meetings  11  12 

officers    10-40  11 

reports  of 158  70 

Exemption  from  assessments,  outlying  wards  217  92 

Exhibitions,  license  for  how  issued   16, 17  155 

etc.,  power  de  licensing  of 137  62 

Exits,  Fire  Marshal,  duties  de  57  .  30 

Expenditures,  for  schools,  how  made 160  49 

how  regulated   44  24 

Expense  not  to  be  contracted,  when 24  17 

Expenses  of  city,  estimates  of 44  24 

Civil  Service  Board,  how  paid  117  52 

Explosive  and  inflammables,  Mayor's  power  and  regulations  de       350  270 

power  de  manufacture  and  sale  of  137  60 

regulations  de 609-631     342-347 

Express  stands 423  293 

vehicles  regulated   418  291 


XXXUl  

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Extension  of  city  government  to  outlying  wards 218  92 

Extortion,  etc.,  cause  for  removal  from  office 139  63 

F 

Fares  in  public  conveyances 431  295 

Fast  driving  in  cemeteries,  prohibited 211  230 

prohibited    504  313 

Feeding  animals  on  the  street  prohibited 25  158 

Fees  and  salary  of  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures 37  21 

for  baggage  wagons  432  295 

building  and  obstruction  of  street   54  168 

building  permit   54  168 

fireworks  licenses    617  344 

licenses  and  permits 313  261 

licensing  conveyances 431  295 

milk  licenses  267  246 

not  to  be  paid  to  policemen,  when  168  72 

of  City  Court  to  be  paid  into  city  treasury 168  72 

Clerk  of  City  Court  168  72 

pound  keepers 22  157 

registrar  to  go  into  city  treasury  208  87 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  644  351 

Town  Clerk's  report  on   207  87 

Fence  viewing  74  36 

not  to  be  defaced  497  313 

to  be  erected  on  street 492  312 

Fences  in  fire  district 181  217 

to  be  erected  when  492  312 

Fenders,  cars  to  be  equipped  with  572  332 

Fertilizer  regulated 338  267 

to  be  taken  in  parks  563  329 

Fiber  stress,  of  steel   106  187 

wrought  iron 106  187 

Fifteenth  Ward,  police  and  fire  protection  in  217  92 

rights  of  Aldermen 216  92 

taxation  in  217  92 

Fifth  Ward 3  7 

Fights,  prize  and  dog  prohibited 282  250 

Files,  mutilation  or  abstraction  of 46  162 

and  records,  preservation  of  45  162 

Filth  not  to  be  placed  on  street  319  264 

Finance  Board  41  23 

and  Mayor  to  prepare  rate  bill 592  338 

bond  of  officers  155  67 

clerk  of 35  20 

Controller  subject  to  19  16 

duties  de  school  funds  108-110  50 


—  xxxiv  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Finance  Board,  duty  de  taxes    591  338 

estimates  to  be  submitted  to  148  66 

expenses  of 41  23 

majority  of,  required  to  approve  bill? 6  152 

may  borrow  money 45  25 

discount  taxes 45  25 

members  of  board  41  23 

must  recommend  transfers  44  24 

power  de  Town  Clerk's  assistants 207  87 

powers  and  duties  of  41  23 

de  Registrars'  assistants 208  87 

regulate  office  hours,  when 26  18 

reports  of,  published  when  44  24 

terms  of  43  24 

to  adjust  claims   6  152 

appropriate    funds    for    concerts,    parades 

etc 44  24 

library  102  46 

parks  92  43 

approve  bills,  etc 25  17 

only  itemized  bills  1  151 

salaries    157  69 

direct  Controller  as  to  payment  of  claims  8  152 

deposit  of  funds 29  19 

fix  salaries  of  assessors'  clerk 211  89 

Board  of  Compensation  ...  76  37 

clerks    77  37 

levy  school  tax  110  50 

make  estimates  44  24 

meet  weekly   42  24 

report  tax  rate   44  24 

Finances  of  City.  Controller's  duties  19  16 

Mayor  to  make  statement  11  12 

Fines  and  penalties,  to  go  into  treasury  188  78 

Fire  Alarm  Streets  to  be  cleared  241  240 

superintendent  of   58  30 

telegraph   250  242 

injury  to    250  242 

inteference  with,  penalty  for  250  242 

key  252  242 

opening  alarm  box 251  242 

superintendent  of 55  29 

system  in  charge  of  superintendent.  ...  58  31 

telegraph,  power  de  protection  of 137  67 

Firearms  forbidden  in  parks   3  356 

power  de  manufacture  and  sale  of  137  60 


SECTION.  PAGE, 

Fire  Commissioners  56  29 

Board  of,  meetings  235  239 

duties  de  gas  generator  licenses 260  243 

may  grant  pensions   TO  34 

remove,  reduce  officers,  etc 65  32 

retire  officers  69  34 

must  confirm  suspensions  60  31 

powers  de  supplies,  repairs,  heat,  etc...  59  30 

of    55-59  29 

quorum  of  64  32 

to  appoint  and  promote  officers,  etc.  ...  64  32 

be  trustees  of  relief  fund  68  34 

fix  compensation  of  members,  etc.  .  .  55  29 
prescribe    rules    for    government    of 

department    59  30 

vacancies,  hovi^  filled   56  29 

Fire  Department,  apparatus  and  buildings  236  239 

applicants  for,  how  examined   118  52 

appointments  and  promotions  how  made.  .  55  29 

bills  of,  how  certified  and  audited 235  239 

charges  against  members,  how  brought.  ...  60  31 

chief,  duties  and  power  of  60  31 

to  assign  officers,  etc 6J  31 

serve  on  civil  service  board 117  52 

suspend  member  of  force,  when  60  31 

efficiency,  superintendent  responsible  for. .  60  31 

equipment  of  237  239 

Mayor  to  assume  control,  when 12  12 

property  of 244  240 

Fire  district,  buildings  within    179  216 

defined  56  168 

power  de  establishment   137  60 

service,  not  to  extend  to  outlying  wards 217  92 

temporary  structures  181  217 

Fire  escapes,  chief  of  fire  department  to  inspect 187  221 

not  to  be  incumbered 186  221 

of  rope   187  221 

not  to  apply  to  fireproof 188  222 

penalty  for  incumbering  186  221 

regulations  de  185  220 

required    185  220 

to  have  notice   186  221 

Fire  hydrant,  condition  254  242 

fastening  rope,  etc..  forbidden  255  243 

injury  forbidden  256  243 

new     253  242 

not  to  be  opened  without  authority 353  242 


—  xxxvi  — 

SECTION.  PACE. 

Fire  in  parks,  prohil)ited   ^  356 

Fire  Marshal,  appeal  from  order 246  241 

appointment  of 55  29 

duties    57,246  29,241 

duty  de  concealed  gunpowder  615  343 

etc.  to  give  license  to  transport  gunpowder  ...  611  342 

may  be  building  inspector  49  166 

no  person  to  obstruct  248  243 

orders  of   246  241 

to  enforce  building  ordinances   57  29 

order    247  242 

to  inspect  buildings  for  oil  license 626  346 

public  buildings  and  exits 57  29 

issue  building  permits   57  30 

licenses  for  kerosene,  etc 625,626  346 

sale  of  fireworks  617  344 

what  licenses  305  258 

keep   record    249  242 

license  gas  generators   260  243 

make  complaints  to  City  Attorney 249  242 

report  to  Board  of  Aldermen  249  242 

Mayor    57  30 

Firemen  and  Policemen's  Relief  funds 66-72  33 

how  returned  69  34 

pensions,  how  regulated 69  34 

retired  subject  to  orders  71  35 

Firemen's  badge  no  person  to  wear,  except 243  240 

relief  fund  66  33 

Commissioners  to  be  trustees  of 68  34 

Fireplaces  construction   156  207 

Fire,  protection  against  55, 137  29, 60 

from    91  182 

outside  twelve  wards  55  29 

Fireworks  in  street  regulated  496  312 

license    617  344 

not  to  be  allowed  in  parks   11  357 

sale  of,  license  fees   313  261 

First  Ward   3  6 

Fiscal  year,  when  begins .' 44  24 

Fish  room  to  be  kept  clean  273  247 

unwholesome    272  247 

Floor  beams   arrangement 106  187 

steel  and  wrought  iron  115  192 

fireproof    105  187 

Flowers  not  to  be  picked  in  park  ...    2  356 


XXXVll  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Food  condensed 275  248 

destroyed 275  248 

regulations  de  sale  of  264-275    245-248 

storage  room  to  be  clean  273  247 

stuffs  inspection  by  Board  of  Health 94  44 

Football  game,  prohibited  on  streets   495  312 

Forcible  entry  and  detainer  173  75 

Foreclosure  of  lien 37  160 

liens  83  40 

power  de 137  60 

Forfeited  bonds,  city  attorney  to  sue  on .' 193  82 

Foundation   walls    64  171 

construction    65  172 

depth  69  173 

how  construed   63  171 

piers    66  172 

thickness     64  171 

Fourth  Ward  3  6 

Fourteenth  Ward   3  9 

assessments   for    217  92 

full  rights 218  92 

police  and  fire  protection  in 217  92 

rights    216  92 

taxes    217  92 

Fowls,  license  to  keep 354 

not  to  go  at  large 20  157 

Fraud,  concealment  of.  cau?e  for  removal  from  office 139  64 

Freeman,  who  is  4  10 

Free  Public  Library  (see  Library)   98-103  45 

Freight   elevators    170  213 

Fronts,  metal  to  be  filled  in  with  masonry  126  196 

Fruit  not  to  be  thrown  in  street 325  265 

on  sidewalk 325  265 

sale  of,  regulated   272-276    247,248 

Funds  borrowing  of,  power  de 137  60 

library,  to  be  kept  as  separate  account 102  47 

of  city   29  19 

how  deposited    29  19 

school  to  be  received  by  Treasurer 108  50 

sinking,  continuance  of   159  70 

Funerals,  public  prohibited  when 293  253 

Furnaces  construction  159  208 

G 

Gambling  houses,  power  de  suppression  of 137  60 

Games,  etc.,  not  to  be  played  in  street 495  312 


—  xxxviu  — 

SECTION. 

Gang  planks  to  be  provided  by  steamboat  companies   578 

Garbage,  etc.,  carting  of 321-322 

Gardens,  trespass  in   032 

Gas  and  water  meter  inspectors,  appointment  of 362 

Gas  brackets  location  163 

Gas  generators,  license  for 260 

Gas  machine  to  be  licensed 260 

Gas  pipes  location 163 

power  de  laying  of 137 

regulated    349 

works  regulated   349 

Gasoline,  use  of 624 

Gifts,  city  may  accept 162 

etc.,  penalty  for  taking  same  by  public  officer 163 

power  to  receive   137 

Girders  steel  and  wrought  iron 114 

stresses  in  riveted  plate  107 

Goats  not  to  go  at  large 20 

Grade  of  walks,  curbs  and  gutters,  orders  de 82 

Grain  elevators  in  fire  district 181 

Grand  jurors  not  to  make  complaint 187 

Guardians,  etc.,  powers  of  Board  of  Charities  de 206 

Gun  not  to  be  sold  minor 616 

Gunpowder,  how  transported 611 

regulated     350 

restricted    609 

search  warrant 615 

Gutters  and  curbs,  construction  and  repair  of 82 

construction  or  repair  82 

snow  to  be  removed 526 

Gutters  to  be  kept  clean ' 526 

H 

Hacks,  power  de  licenses  and  fees  for 137 

stands    422 

Handbills  not  to  be  thrown  in  street  489 

Hand  organ  playing  regulated  352 

Harbor  Commission  clerks    

duties    

engineers    

established    

establish  lines    

jurisdiction  over  bridges 

office    

one  member  from  West  Haven  

extent  


PAGE. 

333 

264 

348 

273 

210 

243 

243 

210 

61 

269 

269 

345 

70 

70 

62 

191 

188 

159 

39 

218 

80 

86 

344 

342 

270 

342 

343 

39 

39 

318 

318 


61 

291 

312 

270 

98 

98 

98 

97 

98 

98 

98 

100 

99 


—  xxxix  — 

SECTION. 

Harbor,  general  statutes   

lines  established 

Hay  provisions  for  weighing 639 

Hay,  straw,  etc.,  in  building,  regulations  de  258 

Headers  used  in  buildings 68 

Heads  of  bureaus,  how  appointed  and  removed  75 

may  remove  subordinates  76 

Health  Board  (see  Board  of  Health)   

Board  appointment 93 

officer    45 

to  order  impure  food  destroyed  .  .' 275 

town  or  county  no  jurisdiction  in  town 94 

Heating  supplies,  etc.,  to  be  provided  by  commissioners  of  de- 
partment      59 

High  schools,  Board  of  Education's  powers  de Ill 

Highways    132 

control  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de 182 

discontinuance,  estimate  of  cost 80 

of,  how  referred 78 

how  opened  and  discontinued  132 

opening  of,  power  de 137 

powers  of  town  de,  transferred  to  city 200 

to  be  kept  free  from  encroachment  power  de  . .  .  137 

Horse,  driver  to  be  near  427 

feeding  of  on  streets,  prohibited  25 

not  to  be  hitched  to  trees  in  parks 15 

go  at  large 20 

Hose,  no  person  to  drive  over  without  permission 242 

Hospitals,  etc.,  city  to  accept  trusts  for 162 

private  for  contagious  diseases  forbidden 284 

Houses  of  ill  fame,  duty  of  chief  of  police  198 

not  to  cover  lot  191 

power  de  suppression  of 137 

yards,  etc.,  to  be  kept  cleanly 336 

Hydrant  attachments  to   317 

new    253 

not  to  be  incumbered 256 

opening  regulated   353 

ropes,  etc.,  attached  to 317 

I 

Ice  removal  82 

of,   from  sidewalks    524 

duties  of  police  408, 409 

111  fame,  houses  of 198 

power  de  suppression  of 137 


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SECTION.  PAGE, 

Illuiiiinating  fluid,  fire  test 023  345 

regulations   de    023  345 

Imbeciles,  commitment  of   200  86 

Impersonating  police  officer,  penalty  for  410  288 

Impounding  animals,  regulated  21-23  157 

Improvements,  cost  of,  to  be  estimated 80  88 

liens  to  be  placed  on,  for 83  40 

not  to  be  made  without  appropriation 154  67 

outlying  wards  not  to  receive 217  92 

Impure  food,  how  destroyed  275  248 

Income  estimated,  not  to  be  exceeded  44  24 

Incompetency,  etc.,  cause  for  removal  from  office  139  63 

Incorporation  of  City  of  New  Haven 2  5 

Increase  or  decrease  of  salaries,  how  made  40  23 

Incumbrances,  city  liens  to  be  proir  83  40 

Indebtedness  of  city  to  be  immediately  paid   118 

officers,  to  be  collected  how  27  18 

of  town,  assumed  by  city 215  91 

Indecent  or  blasphemous  performance 17  150 

Indecent  show  actor  liable 17  156 

Inflammable  oils,  location  of  manufactory  621  344 

sale  or  storage  regulated 622  345 

substances  in  machines,  or  retorts 629  347 

license  for   629  347 

power  de  manufacture  and  sale  of.  .  137  60 

Information  of  approach  of  officer,  penalty  for  giving 411  228 

Injury  to  building,  fence,  etc 278  249 

or  property 208  228 

Insane,  commitment  of  206  86 

Inspection  by  Board  of  Health,  of  food 94  44 

buildings,  fire  marshal's  duty 57  29 

electrical  plants  58  30 

food,  power  de  regulation 137  62 

Inspector  of  Boilers,  duties  of  582  335 

to  issue  what  licenses  305  256 

Buildings 

appointment    57, 48      30, 165 

competency    57  30 

decision  final  if  building  endangers  life  193  224 

duties    48  165 

duty  de  unsafe  buildings 193, 194  224 

may  permit  wooden  building 179  216 

penalty  for  false  certificate 129  197 

qualifications     57,48      30,165 

to  certify  regarding  theatres  129  197 

grant  permit  to  move 202  226 

inspect  electric  wires  164  210 


—  xli  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Inspector  of  Buildings  to  inspect  elevator 167  212 

public  buildings 151  205 

issue  permit 50  166 

what  licenses 305  256 

make  building  safe  194  224 

rules  for  fire  escapes 185  220 

notify  owner  of  danger 192  223 

order  shutters 165  211 

protect  existing  walls 61  170 

report  violations  to  City  Attorney.  48  165 

Inspector  of  lamps,  duties   ' 363  274 

powers  and  duties  of 53  28 

meters  appointment  362  273 

plumbing  377  278 

appointment  of 95  45 

salary  and  duties  of 377  278 

public  conveyances 415  290 

duties 442  298 

sanitary,  appointment\of 95  45 

school  buildings,  how  appointed 106  49 

steam  boilers,  how  appointed 581  334 

Interest  on  benefits    81  39 

city  funds 29  19 

liens  and  assessments 151  69 

Interpreters  in  City  Court  10<> 

Intoxicating  liquors,   Police   Commissioners  prohibited   from 

selling,  etc 63  31 

Iron  or  steel  work  to  be  connected    120  193 

protected    105  187 

work  to  be  painted 127  196 

J 

Journal  of  Board  of  Aldermen 40  161 

Judge  of  City  Court,  appointments  by 165  71 

Common   Pleas,  to  order  notices,  when   79  38 

other  court  how  called 166  71 

Judges  of  City  Court   165  71 

salaries  of   171  73 

Judgment  of  Court,  how  certified 2  151 

payment    25  17 

Jurisdiction  of  Board  of  Health   94  44 

City  Court  civil  172  74 

criminal    185  79 

for  police  and  sanitary  purposes  1  5 

over  outlying  wards 218  92 


—  xlii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Jurisdiction  of  police  and  City  Court  over  parks  88  42 

Justice  of  Peace,  not  to  take  cognizance  of  complaints 187  80 

K 

Kerosene  oil  drawing 628  346 

etc.,  sale  of,  licenses  for  625, 626  346 

fire  test  627  346 

how  drawn  626  346 

license   625  346 

test  of   627  346 

Killed,  pension  to  dependent 70  34 

Kite  flying,  prohibited  on  streets  495  312 

L 

Labor,  nine  hours  to  constitute  a  day 561  329 

Laborers  to  be  registered  118  52 

Lamps,  duty  of  person  causing  injury  ....*. 301  254 

inj  ury  forbidden 300  254 

inspector,  how  removed 53  28 

powers  and  duties  63  28 

salary  of 363  274 

to   accept   payment   for   damage   to  lamp, 

when   301,302  254 

issue  permits  for  removals 300  254 

located  by  Board  of  Aldermen 298  254 

not  to  be  used  in  barn 258  243 

obstruction   forbidden   299  254 

police  department  to  assist  in  care  of  ...  .  53  28 

power  de  protection  of  137  61 

removal  of,  permit  for 300  254 

Land,  taking  of  78  37 

Landing  place,  obstruction  of  318  263 

Layout  and  assessments  to  be  adopted 81  38 

of  parks,  squares,  highways,  etc 78  37 

streets    132  56 

land  for,  city  power  de 135  58 

parks,  etc.,  cost  of  to  be  estimated 80  38 

when  legally  adopted  81  38 

Leaders  from  roof  174  214 

not  to  be  used  as  pipes 384  281 

discharge  water  on  sidewalk 514  816 

Levy  of  taxes  by  Board  of  Finance 44  24 

Liability  of  Controller  24  17 

Library  appropriation    102  46 

fund,  to  be  kept  by  Treasurer 102  46 


—  xliii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

T JlM-ary  privileges,  extension  of 103  47 

public    98  45 

use  of  by  non-residents  103  47 

Library  Directors   f)i)  4.5 

may  appoint  necessary  employes lol  40 

contract  with  Institute IdO  4(; 

to  make  rules  100  4U 

Licensed  driver  entitled  to  fee  430  297 

Licenses  and  permits  not  transferable  310  257 

appeal  from  refused   ,. 312  258 

application    304  255 

addressed  to    305  255 

as  engineer  fee 228  236 

collector  to  collect   31  19 

controller  to  provide  for   303  255 

ending  May  1st 310  257 

fee  for  plumbing 898  283 

paid  collector   307  257 

fees   313  258 

for  bootblack  603  341 

bowling  and  billiards,  power  de   137  62 

engineers,  power  de  137  61 

exhibitions,  power  de   137  62 

gas  machine    260  243 

gunpowder  610  342 

inflammable  oils  application    620  344 

substances    629  347 

keeping  swine  and  cattle 337  207 

kerosene,   etc 625, 626  346 

making  soap   342  268 

opening   streets    470, 471  308 

how    revoked    477  309 

peddling,  power  de  137  62 

plumbing    375  277 

public  concerts  issued  by  Chief  of  Police 16  155 

conveyances,  power  de  137  61 

removing  contents  of  privies  331  266 

sale  of  fireworks  313  258 

milk    207  240 

selling  articles  in  park   0  356 

slaughter  houses    339  268 

soap  factories    342  268 

tanning   341  268 

theater    129  197 

revoked     151  205 

trades    310  257 

theatrical  performances  16  155 


—  xliv  — 

SECTION.  I'AGE. 

Licenses  for  transportation  of  ginipovvder 611,612  342 

transporting  grease,  bones,  etc 321  264 

whitefish    320  264 

vehicles,  how  revoked  441  297 

watering  street  531  319 

issued  by  Chief  of  Police  for  billiard  and  bowling.  .  15  155 

method  of  issuing   306  256 

numbered    307  257 

power  de  temporary  stores  137  63 

record  kept  by  officer 308  257 

revocation     311  258 

signed  by  officer  and  collector  307  257 

to  be  countersigned  and  recorded  by  collector  ......  31  19 

legal    309  257 

keep  fowls        354 

gunpowder     609  342 

manufacture  and  sell  oils  619  344 

Licensing  of  bill  posting,  power  de  137  62 

Light  and  ventilation  required  191  223 

Lighting,  etc.,  of  police  and  fire  buildings  59  30 

Liens  abated  133 

after  one  year  to  report  to  Corporation  Counsel 37  160 

book  to  be  kept  by  Collector  35  160 

city  to  take  priority,  when  83  40 

cost  of,  how  remitted   36  160 

for  assessments  of  benefits  81,83  39 

when  and  how  placed 35,36  160 

expense  of  abating  nuisances  94  44 

sprinkling  assessments   136  59 

walks,  curbs,  etc 82, 83  39 

foreclosure 37  160 

foreclose     83  40 

if  benefits  are  not  paid  35  160 

interest  and  fees  may  be  remitted  36  160 

on    151  67 

paid  collector    564  330 

powers  de  collection  and  enforcement  of 137  60 

to  be  recorded 83  40 

Limits  of  city 1  5 

Lintels  cast  iron  116  192 

stone  90  181 

to  rest  on  stone 117  192 

Lost  money    67  34 

property  in  charge  of  Director  448  303 

Lumber  pile'^    181  217 

regulated    262  244 

piling  of  near  houses  prohibited 262  244 


—  xlv  — 
M 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Malfeance,  etc.,  cause  for  removal  from  office   139  63 

Manual  training  schools  Ill  51 

Manure  not  to  be  offensive 343  268 

Maps  and  files  to  be  given  to  proper  committee  44  24 

returned  to  proper  party 45  162 

penalty  for  improper  use   46  162 

etc.,  to  be  made  and  preserved  by  City  Engineer 76  37 

for  assessors,  hovir  prepared   450  304 

Matches  not  to  be  dropped  259  243 

Materials  not  to  be  furnished  by  officers   153  67 

Matrons,  police  how  appointed  47  26 

Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  to  license  keeping  of  gunpow- 
der     G09  342 

duties     11  12 

etc.,  to  give  license  to  transport  gunpowder   611  342 

may  call  special  meetings  of  Board  of  Finance   42  24 

Council   127  54 

designate  order  for  carriages   444  298 

stands     424  298 

direct  the  destruction  of  buildings 239  239 

employ  additional  counsel  when   17  15 

fill  vacancy  in  office,  when   9  11 

on  Park  Board   87  41 

issue  search-warrant  for  gunpowder    615  343 

warrant  for  taxes  31  19 

offer  rewards,  when  364  274 

permit  carrying  of  weapons    283  250 

prohibit  blowing  of  whistles   351  270 

remove  heads  of  bureaus   75  36 

revoke  theater,  etc.,  licenses,  when 151  205 

member  of  Board  of  Finance 41  23 

Park  Commission    86  41 

order  for  parades   451  304 

orders  of,  to  be  obeyed  and  executed  by  police 403  285 

power 12  13 

of  removal    213  90 

to  command  assistance   13  14 

power  de  explosives    350  -70 

qualifications  of   10  H 

salary  of 40  23 

terms  of  office  6  10 

to  advise  as  to  destruction  of  buildings   239  239 

appoint  and  remove  lamp  inspector  53  28 

assessors     211  89 

Board  of  Charities  and  Correction 201  84 


—  xlvi  — 

SECTION.  1>AGE. 

Mayor  to  appoint  Board  of  Education   105  48 

Finance   43  24 

Health   93  44 

Relief  212  90 

Chief  of  Police 49  26 

City  Engineer  75  36 

Civil  Service  Board  117  52 

Commissioners  of  Compensation  76  37 

Director  of  Public  Works   73  35 

Fire  Commissioners  56  29 

Inspector  of  Buildings    57  30 

Library  Directors   99  45 

Park  Commissioners   86  41 

Police  Commissioners   48  26 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures 37  21 

Superintendent   of    Charities    and    Correc- 
tions      201  84 

Sewers    75  36 

Streets    75  36 

approve  acts  of  Court  of  Common  Council 125  54 

all  orders,  ordinances,  etc 137  60 

bonds  on  contracts   156  67 

pensions,   retirements,   etc 70  34 

be  president  of  trustees  of  relief  funds 68  34 

call  special  meeting  of  Board  of  Aldermen 41  161 

countersign  orders,  when 25  17 

designate  architects  to  examine  building  inspector  57  30 

where  cars  may  stand 506  313 

fill  vacancies  on  Board  of  Education 105  48 

order  election    220  233 

receive  department  reports  annually 158  70 

regulate  processions,  etc 444,451     298,304 

sign  notes  and  obligations  218  231 

withhold  license  for  theater,  when 129  107 

vacancy  in  office  of,  how  filled 10  11 

voting  in  police  board 49  26 

when  chosen    ■  6  10 

who  can  act   10  11 

Mayor's  appointees  must  be  residents 146  65 

exempt  from  civil  service  118  52 

secretary,  appointment  and  duties  of 39  22 

Measurements  from  curb  level  178  216 

Measures  to  be  inspected   634  349 

Meat  rooms  to  be  kept  clean 273  247 

unwholesome    272  247 


—  xlvii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Meetings    401  284 

of  Board  of  Aldermen 126  54 

Committees,  how  warned  38  22 

Court  of  Common  Council,  quorum  for 128  55 

Memorials,  Commission  for 137 

Merchandise  not  to   remain  on   sidewalk    510.511  314 

Merestone  inj  ury 501  313 

Military  and  poll  taxes,  how  collectible 31  19 

enrollment    131 

Militia,  etc.,  may  be  summoned  by  Mayor,  when 12  13 

how  paid  when  called  into  service  by  Mayor 14  14 

Milk,  "adulterated"  defined 265  245 

impure  not  to  be  sold 274  248 

inspection  of  by  Board  of  Health 269-271  247 

license  for  sale  of  267  246 

must  not  sell  without  license 270  247 

sale  of  adulterated  forbidden  264  245 

Board  of  Health  to  regulate 04  44 

regulations  de 264-272  245 

skim  milk  regulated  266  246 

wagon  to  be  numbered  266  246 

Minor  not  to  loiter  around  voting  place  222  233 

Misdemeanors,  arrests  for,  without  warrants 107  83 

Moderators,  orders  to  be  obeyed 224  234 

penalty  for  disobeying 224  234 

power  in  elections  223  233 

Money,  borrowing  of,  power  de 137  60 

Monuments,  injury  or  defacement  of,  prohibited 210  229 

Mortar  used  in  building  55  168 

Moving  of  buildings,  permits  for   202  226 

Mules  not  to  go  at  large  20  157 

Municipal  officers,  charges  against,  how  brought  146  64 

not  to  furnish  materials 153  67 

give  bonds  for  liquor  licenses  ....  139  63 

oath  for  152  67 

prohibited  from  receiving  gifts 139  63 

Mutilation  of  records,  penalty  for  46  162 

N 

National  Board  of  Underwriters'  rules  to  govern  wires 647  353 

Guard  pay  14  14 

Naval  Reserve,  etc.,  may  be  summoned  by  Mayor,  when  ....  13  12 

Neglect  of  duty,  etc.,  cause  for  removal  from  office 139  63 

New  Haven  City  School  District,  affairs  how  managed 104  48 

Harbor    97 

appeal  from  Commission   101 


—  xlviii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

New  Haven  Harbor,  City  Court  jurisdiction 102 

dumping  in  102 

lines    established    102 

obstructions  in   102 

power  over  lands   2  5 

wharf ing   out    101 

seal    2  5 

Newspaper  advertising  rates,  regulations  de  219  232 

peddling  of,  regulations  de   607-608  341 

Night  soil  conveyances   332  266 

license  for 331  266 

not  to  be  deposited  in  city 335  267 

time  for  removal  333  266 

Ninth  ward  3  3 

Nitro-glycerine    forbidden    630  347 

keeping  of,  when  prohibited  350  270 

regulated    350  270 

Nominations,  certificates  of,  how  filed 147  66 

for  officers,  when  made 147  66 

Non-residents,  to  have  library  privileges,  when 103  47 

how  notified  79  38 

Notes  or  bonds,  order  for  payment  25  17 

to  be  signed  by  218  231 

Notices  of  appeal  by  removed  official,  on  whom  served  ....  12  14 

assessments,  how  made 79  38 

how  sent    136  58 

Board  of  Charities,  etc.,  how  served 206  86 

I                                      Finance  meetings    42  24 

'                    claim   for  damages    12  153 

personal  damage 11  153 

department  of  Public  Works,  how  signed 449  303 

dismissal  of  teachers,  when  required 107  49 

examinations  under  civil  service  board 124  54 

hearings,  how  served   79  38 

upon  sidewalks,  how  given 516  316 

^                    indebtedness,  to  be  filed  27  18 

!               posting  regulated 633  348 

to  be  transmitted  to  Corporation  Counsel 11  153 

Court  of  Common  Council,  how  served 38  22 

non-residents,  how  given  79  38 

builders,  etc.,  how  given  203  227 

under  building  ordinances   203  227 

Nuisances     314-355    263-271 

abatement  of  by  Board  of  Health 97,94  44 

encroachment  on  street    314  263 

erection  in  tidewater  98 

how  abated   346,347  269 


—  xlix  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Nuisances,  obstruction  of  street 315  263 

power  de  prohibition  and  abatement  of 137  62 

property  owners'  rights  and  duties 345  268 

to  be  abated 346  269 

Numbering  buildings   206  228 

penalty     207  228 

of  buildings,  penalty  for  not  doing  so 207  228 

streets    206  228 

City  Engineer's  duties  de 450  304 

o 

Oath  of  City  Attorney   191  81 

Judges  of  City  Court 165  71 

officers    152  67 

required  on  bills,  etc 25  17 

to  be  taken  by  officers  of  City  Court 164-167  71 

Obscene  figures,  on  buildings,  fences,  etc 278  249 

Obstructing  or  abusing  Mayor,  penalty  for  13  14 

Obstruction  of  lamps,  prohibited   299  254 

officers,  power  de  punishment  for  137  60 

streets   315  263 

for  building    54  168 

lamps   prohibited    299  254 

on  sidewalks   509,510  314 

Office  hours.  City  Attorney  170  73 

Clerk  of  City  Court   170  73 

Officer,  oath  of  152  67 

of  Fire  Department  may  arrest  at  fire  240  240 

Officer,  bonds  of 155  67 

City,  cause  for  removal   139  63 

nominations  for  when  made   147  67 

salaries  of    40  23 

elected    when    6  10 

may  be  removed  by  Mayor,  procedure 12  13 

obstruction  of,  power  de  punishment  for   137  60 

departments,  retired  how  69  34 

penalty  for  accepting  gifts,  etc 163  70 

to  hold  monthly  conferences  with  Mayor 11  12 

Offices,  but  one  to  be  held  by  same  person 161  70 

Officers,    election    123 

may  be  women  146  65 

not  to  contract  with  city  153  67 

not  to  hold  two  offices  161  70 

of  City  Court,  salaries  of 171  73 


SI-XTION.  PAGE. 

Olficers,  Police  and  Fire  Department,  how  appointo-l  and 

promoted    ...   47,59,63  26,30,32 
power  de  compen- 
sation   of.  137  63 
power  to  employ  clerks  .  .  157  69 
de  removal  and  ex- 

pnlsion     137  63 

removals  of   119  52 

by  order 

of  court  141  64 

by  Mayor  213  90 

supplies,  how  purchased  157  69 

to  act  until  successors  qualify  145  65 

be  nominated  10  days  before  election  147  66 

residents     146  65 

receive  no  compensation  but  salary  40  23 

submit  estimates,  when   148  66 

turn  over  books  and  papers    160  70 

term  and  powers   224  93 

Offices  to  be  kept  open  367  274 

vacancies  in,  how  filled  137, 149  63, 66 

Officials,  bonds  of  155  55 

who  exempt  from  civil  service  118  52 

Old  Almshouse  Farm  Trustees   134 

Oil    inflammable    619  344 

Opening  of  streets,  power  de  137  61 

Opinions  of  Corporation  Counsel,  who  may  obtain  16  15 

Orange  j urisdiction    1  5 

Organ    playing    352  270 

Orders  for  improvements,  appropriations  must  be  first  made  154  67 

how  paid  on  executions  25  17 

not  to  be  passed  unless  money  is  in  treasury  24  17 

on  relief  fund  to  be  signed,  how   68  54 

how  drawn  and  countersigned  by  Controller  25  17 

to  be  numbered   9  153 

paid  by  Treasurer,  when   30  19 

outstanding,  account  of  23  17 

Ordinances,    arrangement    373  276 

City  Clerk  to  send  copies  35  20 

continued   in   force    62  31 

continuing    370  275 

copies  to  be  sent  to  officials 374  276 

de  buildings.  Fire  Marshal  to  enforce   57  29 

violations    of,    to    be    reported    to 

Mayor     57  29 

conveyances  to  be  printed  and  distributed  .  . .  444  298 

distribution     374  276 


—  li  — 

Ordinances,  etc.,  penalty  fcir  violation,  how  collected   .  .  . 

hearing  on  before  adoption    

must  be  approved  by  Mayor   

published    

park  rules  to  have  effect  of  

penalties,   how   enforced    

penalty  collected  by  City  Attorney   

power  de  making,  etc 

publication    

repeal     ' 

revised  1905  

special   penalty    

to  be  published  by  City  Clerk  

change  salaries    

cover  all  wards   

violation  of,  cause  for  removal  from  office  . .  . 
City  Attorney  may  accept  penalty 

Outlying  wards,  fire  or  police  protection   

full   city  jurisdiction    

officers'  right  to  vote   

Oyster  grounds,  taxation  of  


Page  of  Board  of  Aldermen,  how  appointed  

Papers,  peddling  of.  regulation  de  607, 608 

Parades,  appropriation  for,  how  made   .  .*. 

Mayor's  order    

power  de  regulation  of  

Park  Commission,  appointment  of  officers   

rules  and  regulations  of   

Commissioners     > 

appointment     

Board  of,  how  constituted   

duties     

may  call  on  City  Engineer   

property,  how  acquired   

superintendent   may   arrest,    when    

Parks,  animals  in  other  towns   

appropriation    

articles  not  to  be  sold  except  under  license 

bathing  in   

birds  and  animals  not  to  be  molested  in 

carting  through   prohibited    

excavtions  in    

firearms  not  to  be  carried  in   


SECTION. 

PAGE. 

183 

78 

369 

275 

129 

55 

11 

12 

129 

55 

88 

42 

138 

63 

369 

275 

13V 

60 

35 

20 

372 

276 

147 

368 

275 

35 

20 

40 

23 

221 

93 

139 

63 

192 

82 

217 

92 

218 

92 

216 

92 

217 

92 

128 

55 

608 

341 

44 

25 

451 

304 

137 

61 

91 

43 

1-16 

151 

36 

41 

87 

41 

86 

41 

88 

42 

91 

43 

90 

43 

88 

42 

81 

43 

92 

43 

6 

356 

7 

356 

10 

357 

14 

357 

12 

357 

3 

356 

—  Ill  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Parks,  fires  in,  prohibited  8  35G 

fireworks  on,  not  to  be  permitted 11  357 

flowers  not  to  be  picked  in 2  35G 

funds  for   ll'i' 

horses  not  to  be  hitched  to  trees  in  15  357 

improvements,  city's  power  de  135  58 

penaUy  for  violation  of  rules  and  regulations   IG  357 

po\ver  of  Board  of  Common  Council  de 132  5G 

public  demonstrations  in,  prohibited   5  5 

rubbish  in   13  357 

speed  of  vehicles   in    4  356 

Pasturing  of  animals  on  street,  prohibited   20  157 

Paupers,  care  of  202  85 

duties  of  city  de    200  84 

Pavement,  street  railroad  to  pay  part  of  cost 566  331 

Pavements,  appropriations  for   106 

assessment   for    106 

watering  of  531,532  319 

Pavements,  assessments  for  permanent,  how  made,  etc 106 

bonds  for   106 

construction  of.  Engineer  to  superintend 76  37 

laying  permanent   106 

power  to  require  restoration  of  same 137  61 

Paving  Commission  clerk   108 

established     107 

streets,  power  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de  ....  132  56 

Peace  and  good  order,  general  power  of  city 137  60 

Peddling,  power  de  regulation  of 137  62 

Penalties  and  fines  to  go  into  treasury  183  78 

enforced  by  civil  or  criminal  action 138  63 

•     for  refusing  to  aid  police  198  84 

violations  of  building  laws    204  227 

Civil  Service  Board  rules 121  53 

Health  Board  rules   94  44 

ordinances,  power  to  fix  137  60 

general,  for  violation  of  ordinances  368  275 

power  of  City  Attorney    183  78 

to  prescribe  for  violation  of  ordinances  .  . .  138  63 

to  be  collected  by  City  Attorney  369, 192  82 

for  inj  ury  to  building   208  228 

not  affixing  numbers  to  building   207  228 

Pension  fund,  amount  to  be  granted  70  34 

Performance,   indecent,  penalty   for    17  156 

Permit   fees    54  168 

refusal   53  167 


—  liii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Permits  and  licenses   303-313    255-262 

for  buildings   57  30 

erection  or  alteration  of  any  building 50  166 

obstruction  of  street    54  168 

to  move  buildings    202  226 

Petitions  to  be  signed  witb  name  and  address  of  petitioners  10  153 

Petroleum  manufacture  and  sale  regulated    619  344 

Pigs  and  cattle,  license  to  keep   337  267 

Pier   in   harbor    102 

Piers  use  in  any  part  of  building 67  172 

foundation  wall   66  172 

Piles  for  buildings 70  173 

notice   before   driving    101 

Pipes,  gas  and  water  163  210 

hot  air  location    162  209 

steam    location    161  209 

Pistol  not  to  be  sold  minor   616  343 

forbidden    283  250 

Placards  and  notices,  not  to  be  posted  on  buildings,  etc 6.33  348 

Plans  and  specifications  for  buildings    51  166 

Play  bill  not  to  be  destroyed  19  156 

posted  on  public  building,  fence  or  tree..  18  156 

Plumbing,  business  must  be  licensed  '. . .  .  376  277 

examination  for  license  .376  277 

grease    traps    392  282 

inspector  to  examine  pipes  389  282 

inspectors    95. 377  45, 278 

license     375  277 

fee     398  283 

how    revoked    398  283 

material   and   workmanship    396  283 

regulations     375-309    277-283 

tests  of  by  inspector  395  283 

to  be  tested   395  283 

Plurality  to  elect    9  11 

Poles,  how  painted  and  set  645  352 

alarm  telegraph    413  288 

and  sanitary  jurisdiction  of  city   1  5 

appointments     47  26 

Police  Chief,  duties  and  power  of  60  31 

may  suspend  members  of  force,  when   60  31 

mayor  may  appoint,  when  49  26 

to  make  and  enforce  rules  at  elections   52  28 

report  to   Commissioners    60  31 

serve  on  Civil   Service   Board    117  52 

Commission  to  fix  pay   50  27 

Commissioners     48  26 


—  liv  — 

SECTION.  I'AGE. 

Police  Commissioners,  duties   400  284 

may  grant  pensions   70  34 

remove,  reduce  officers,  etc.   .  .  65  32 

retire  officers    69  34 

must  confirm  suspensions  60  31 

not  to  engage  in  certain  business  ...  63  31 
powers  de  supplies,  heating,  lighting, 

etc 59  30 

quorum  of  required   64  32 

Secretary,  salary  of   -91  43 

terms   of    48  26 

to  appoint  and  promote,  officers,  etc.  64  32 

be  trustees  of  relief  fund 68  34 

designate  polling  places 52  27 

prescribe   rules   for  department..  59  30 

who   eligible    63  31 

Police  Department   46  26 

applicants  for,  how  examined  118  50 

charges  against  members,   how   brought  60  31 

efficiency,  superintendent  responsible  for  60  31 

how  constituted   48  26 

mayor  to  assume  control,  when   12  13 

,                             powers  and  duties  of 46-53  26 

86-92  41 

to  assist  in  care  of  lamps 53  28 

preserve  good  order  47  26 

unclaimed   property   to   go   into   pension 

fund    84  67 

Detective 47  26 

duties    403  285 

fraudulent  personation  of 410  288 

giving  notice  of  approach  of 411  288 

how  retired  69  34 

matrons,  appointment  of 47  26 

member  to  give  bond  402  285 

officer   to   destroy   stray   dogs    28  158 

not  to  receive  fees  from  city  court 405  286 

punishment    404  286 

reduction  in  rank   65  32 

resistance  of,  penalty  for  410  288 

retired,  subject  to  order  71  85 

to  aid  the  Mayor  and  Coroner  408  285 

assist  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  648  351 

power  to  call  assistance   198  84 

to  have  jurisdiction  of  parks 88  42 

enforce  health  laws  ". .  96  .  45 

report  breaches  of  ordinances  407  287 


—  Iv  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Policemen's  relief  fund  60  33 

Commissioners  to  be  trustees  of...  68  34 

Poll  and  military  taxes,  how  collectible 31  19 

places,  how  designated  52  27 

list  of   52  28 

police  commissioners  to  select 52  28 

use  of  saloons  prohibited  52  28 

Poor,  care  of,  by  Department  of  Charities  and  Correction.  .  202  85 

Pound  keepers,  appointment  361  273 

duties  and  how  appointed,  fees  of 21-23  157 

Practice,  rules  of,  in  City  Court 175  76 

Precedent  nothing  but  judgment  13  154 

Precincts,  voting,  how  established   4  10 

Prerogative,  writ  must  not  be  issued  by  City  Court 172  75 

President  of  Board  of  Aldermen  to  be  acting  Mayor,  when.  .  10  11 

how  chosen 126  54 

powers  and  duties  of 131  56 

Printing  to  be  advertised 219  232 

Private  hospital  for  contagious  diseases  prohibited   284  251 

sewers,  regulations   455  305 

way,  permission  required  to  open 132  56 

Privies  and  cesspools    327-330    256,266 

license  for  removing  contents 331  266 

may  be  abolished 330  266 

to  be  cleaned 329  265 

properly  connected    327  265 

trapped   328  265 

Prize  fight  training  forbidden   281  250 

Process  criminal,  how  served  194  82 

service  of,  in  City  Court 178  77 

Processions,  Mayor  to  regulate  451  304 

power  de  regulation  of 137  61 

Promotions  under  civil  service 118  52 

by   Commissioners   of   Police   and   Fire   Depart- 
ments      64  32 

in  Fire  Department,  how  made   55  29 

of  Police,  how  made   47  29 

Public  buildings,  aisles  free  from  obstructions 151  205 

director  to  have  charge  of 74  35 

inspector  to  warn  151  205 

land  for,  city's  power  de 135  58 

lighting  and  heating   151  205 

not  to  have  bills  posted  on,  etc 18  156 

power  de  improvement  of  137  60 

stairways    ,. 151  205 

to  be  inspected  by  Fire  Marshal   57  29 


—  Ivi  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

ruhlicatidii  of  assessments   81  3J> 

Public  conveyances,  drivers  to  take  passengers  in  turn 435  29(> 

Mayor's  orders  de  direction  of  444  29& 

not  to  wait  elsewhere  than  on  stands  .  .  426  294 

scope    414  290 

superintendent  of  police  to  detail  inspect- 
or       415  290 

improvement  not  without  appropriation    154  67 

Library  08  45 

rules   100  46 

memorials    137 

parks,  rules  and  regulations   356 

receptions,  appropriations  44  25- 

Wharf,  management 103 

Works    . 73  35 

Clerk    77  37 

Department  (see  Department  of  Public  Works) 

Director   (see  Director  of  Public  Works) 

throwing  substances  in  street  a  nuisance  ....  325  265 

to   have  charge  of  trees    536  320 

prepare  certificate  of  lien  38  KiO 

Q 

Qualification  of  office  holders   146  65 

Quarantine,  power  de  establishment  of 137  62 

Quorum  in  Commissions 64  32 

of  Court  of  Common  Council,  how  obtained 128  55- 

R 

Railroad  bridges,  appeal  from  orders  de 134  58 

cars,  speed  of 568  332 

company  may  make  carriage  stands  426  294 

to  bear  share  of  cost  of  pavements  566  331 

clear  walks  on  bridges 577  333 

keep  scales    443  298 

post  carriage  ordinances  443  298 

street  regulations  de  568-576    332.333 

to  restore  streets,  etc 565  331 

power  de  regulation  of  137  62 

(See  Street  Railroad) 

Railway  tracks,  power  de  cleaning  of 137  61 

Rate  bill,  how  signed  and  prepared  592  338 

of  interest  of  liens  and  unpaid  taxes   150. 151  66 

taxation  in  town  limits  217  92 


—  Ivii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Rear  tenements  forbidden   189  222 

Mayor  to  al)ate    190  223 

Rebuilding  Imildings    18t*  217 

Receipts,  form  of,  regulated  by  Board  of  Finance 45  25 

Receptions,    appropriations    44  25 

Record    46  162 

Records  and  files,  preservation  of 45  162 

Recording  of  liens   38  160 

Records.  City  Clerk  to  keep  5  152 

Records.  City  Clerk  to  keep   35  20 

of  department  of  Charities  open  for  inspection....  203  85 

mutilation  or  abstraction  of,  penalty  for  46  162 

*  Reduction   in   rank    65  32 

Refining  inflammable  oils  621  344 

Refusal  of  permits 53  167 

Register  boxes  obstruction    160  209 

Registered  dog.  penalty  for  interfering  with   29  158 

Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics,  duties,  salary  and  bond  of 208  88 

reports  of  208  88 

Registrar  of  voters,  election  of 210  89 

powers  and  duties  of 210  89 

Registration   of  laborers    118  52 

by  Board  of  Charities  and  Correction 204  86 

Director  of  Public  works,  to  approve  when.  .  76  36 

Mayor    209,211  88 

Relief,  Board  of,  how  appointed   210  90 

funds.  Commissioners  to  be  trustees  of  68  34 

department  clerk,  to  be  clerk  of  68  34 

policemen's  and  firemen's   66-72  33 

record  of,  given  by  Board  of  Charities  2o3  85 

Removals,  actions  of  Court  .  . . .  ; 140-142  64 

Removal  of  buildings,  power  de  137  61 

City  Attorney    191  81 

court  officers 165  71 

heads  of  bureaus,  how  made 75  36 

officers    139-144  63 

civil  service  board  to  make  rules  119  52 

witness  when  not  excused  from  testify- 
ing       144  65 

park  commissioners  87  42 

policemen,  causes  for   4o4  286 

special  constables   412  288 

superintendent  of  schools    107  49 

other  powers  of  removal  not  curtailed   143  65 

null  and  void,  when    120  53 

Repeal  of  acts  inconsistent    199, 226  84, 94 

ordinances,  to  be  published  372  276 


—  Iviii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Report  of  assessments  by  Bureau  of  Compensaiion 80,84  38 

Controller,  to  be  made  to  Mayor 22  16 

Relief  fund,  to  be  made  to  Mayor  72  35 

Registrar  of  Vital  Statistics 208  87 

Superintendent  of  Charities,  de  purchases  205  86 

Town   Clerk   207  87 

Treasurer,  to  be  made  monthly 30  19 

Reports  liy  departments   7U  100 

Rescue  on  way  to  pound 24  158 

Rescuing  of  impounded  animals,  penalty  for  24  158 

Resistance  of  officers,  power  de  punishment  of 137  GU 

police,  penalty  for   410  288 

Retirement  of  firemen 69  34 ' 

policemen     69  34 

Retirement,    restored    71  35 

Revocation  of  building  permit   201  226 

licenses  and  permits  311  258 

Rewards  for  criminals 364  274 

Rights,  powers  and  privileges  of  city 5  2 

Riots,  etc..  Mayor  to  suppress 12  13 

suppression  of  198  84 

Riveting  distance  from  edge  121  194 

Riveting,  method  of  making  120  193 

spacing  and  strengthening   124  195 

Rivets  in  plate  girders   107  188 

Roof  beams,  steel  and  wrought  iron   118  192 

changing     177  215 

fireproof   105  187 

mansard   176  215 

of  building  not  wooden  175  215 

recovering 174  214 

Rules  of  Civil  Service  Board,  118  52 

violation  of  121  53 

Rules  of  Board  of  Education  106  49 

Health  to  be  published  94  44 

Department  of  Charities  and  Correction  201  85 

practice  in  City  Court    175  76 

procedure  of  Court  of  Common  Council 127  54 

public  library   100  46 

park  commissioners,  how  made   88  42 

s 

Sale  of  city  property,  contract  de  137  60 

food,  regulation  of  94  44 

power  de  inspection  of 137  62 

milk.  Board  of  Health  to  regulate 94  44 


—  lix  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Saloon  concert  forbidden   279  249 

not  to  be  used  for  voting  place   52  28 

Salt  not  to  be  used  on  sidewalk  529  318 

Sand  used  in  building  55  168 

Sanitary  inspectors,  appointment  of   95  45 

jurisdiction  of  city   1  5 

Salaries  of  Assessors  211  89 

Board  of  Relief  212  90 

Compensation   76  37 

City  Court  officers   171  73 

Engineer 76  37 

clerks,  Board  of  Finance  to  approve 157  69 

clerical  assistants,  Board  of  Finance  to  fix  77  37 

Controller  not  to  pay  when  120  53 

of  Director  of  Public  Works 73  35 

Inspector  of  Buildings  57  30 

members  of  police  department   50  27 

pages    128  55 

park  commissioners    91  43 

registrar  of  vital  statistics   208  87 

selectmen   2o9  88 

superintendent  of  Charities   201  84 

Fire  Department    55  29 

Police  Department    50  27 

S  ewers    76  36 

Streets     76  36 

Town   Clerk    207  83 

to  be  in  lieu  of  other  compensation  40  23 

have  preference   in   payment    8  152 

when  payable   40  23 

Scales  to  be  inspected 634  349 

weights  or  measures  must  be  compared  annually 37  21 

School    appropriation    110  50 

bonds    authorized    110 

School,  city  may  take  land  for  114  51 

districts,  annexation  of  110, 117  51 

consolidation  of,  how  accomplished 116  51 

how  consolidated  with  city  223  93 

managed    104  48 

Westville  and  South  continued  .  .  .* 223  93 

housebonds    110 

money   108  50 

house  to  borrow  money  for  110 

houses,  Fire  Marshal  to  inspect 57  29 

special  appropriations  for Ill  51 

superintendent  of   107  49 

tax.  Board  of  Finance  to  levy 110  51 

in  Westville  and  annex   217  92 

when  due  and  payable  150  66 


—  Ix  — 

SECTION.  I'Ar.i:. 

Scuttle  in  roof   1"-1  -'1 

Seal  of  New  Haven  -  ^^> 

Scaler  of  W'cights  and  Measures,  duties  37  21 

fees  and  salary  of ()::5!i.(»44    350,351 

to  >tanip  article-;  inspected  <i35  34!) 
to      approve      shapes      of 

measures    •141  351 

to  inspect  annually <i37  350 

to  record  and   report    ....  042  351 

to   report    violations    ....  043  351 

to  ajipoint  assistants   ....  37  22 

to  weigh  hay  and  coal  639  350 

Search  warrants,  city  court  173     '        75 

Seat  not  to  be  defaced 497  313 

Second  ward  3  6 

Secretary  of  board  of  education  1"0  49 

park  commission    91  43 

civil  service  board   122. 123  53 

Selectmen,  election  and  terms  of  209  88 

powers,  duties  and  compensation   209  88 

powers  and  duties  performed  by  aldermen 123 

charity  board.  . .  200  t<C) 

Service  of  criminal  process   194  82 

notice     79  38 

Seventh  ward   3  7 

Sewer  benefits  assessed  by  aldermen   81  38 

connections  regulated 463  307 

to  be  with  iron  pipe 461  306 

construction    385  281 

pipes  joints   386  281 

Sewerage  bonds  authorized   116 

provided  for   113 

Sewers,  buildings  connected  with   71  174 

certain   connections   forbidden    457  306 

connections  with    455  305 

construction  of 133  57 

duties  of  engineer   454  3o5 

engines  not  to  be  connected  456  306 

laid  in  center  of  streets  453  305 

licensed  plumbers'  only  to  make  connections 460  306 

bureau  of,  powers  of  76  37 

director  of  to  be  in  charge 74  35 

city  engineer  to  superintend 76  37 

only  one  house  connected    463  307 

power  of  city   133  57 

concerning  laying  out    137  61 

superintendent  of    76  36 

tapping  of,  license  fee   313  260 


—  Ixi  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Sheds  in  fire  district 181  217 

Sheriff  and  constable>  to  assist  Mayor   12  13 

(see  City  Sheriff) 

Show  l)ills  not  allowed  on  street   51"  314 

obscene  or  lewd  prohibited   490  312 

penalty  for  defacement   10  156 

Shows,  processions,  power  to  regulate  137  61 

Shutters,  ordered  by  inspector   165  211 

Signs  on  sidewalks  regulated  510, 511  314 

not  to  project  into  street  _ 511  314 

on  trees  prohibited 540  320 

Sidewalks,  coal  cover  to  be  roughed  523  317 

construction  or  repair   82  39 

crowd  not  to  assemble 513  315 

curb.  etc..  appeal  from  order 85  41 

fruit  not  to  be  thrown  on  325,488    265,311 

horse  not  to  be  driven  on 512  315 

notice  for  laying 449  304 

obstructing    509  314 

police  to  report,  when  not  cleaned 408  287 

power  to  order  cleaned 137  61 

orders  for,  how  served  82  39 

repair  of.  director  to  make   515  316 

notices  and  hearing   516  316 

superintendent  of  streets  in  charge  of 76  36 

to  lay  when  82  39 

salt  not  to  be  used  on 528  318 

snow  to  be  removed    524  317 

to  be  kept  safe   515  316 

to  be  relaid 198  225 

use  of  during  construction    196  225 

use  in  front  of  adjoining  property 197  225 

vaults  under  regulated 72  174 

water  not  to  be  discharged  on   514  316 

wood  not  to  be  split  on   482  310 

Sidewalks  and  streets,  cleaning  of  524  317 

coal  hole  covers   523  317 

coal  and  wood  on   482  310 

defacement  of   278  249 

excavations  in  316  263 

permits   for   47l»  308 

use  for  building  materials 195  224 

Sinking  fund  authorized  594  338 

commission  132 

commissioners'  bonds    159  70 

committee,  how  appointed  594  338 

Sixth  ward   3  7 


—  Ixii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Skeleton  construction    108  188 

Skimmed  milk,  sale  regulated   266  246 

Skins,  tanning  licensed  341  268 

Slaughter  to  be  licensed  339  268 

Snow  bailing  in  street  forbidden   495  312 

guard  near  sidewalk  173  214 

notice  if  cleaned  by  city 525  318 

to  property  owners  409  287 

not  to  be  thrown  into  street   527  318 

police  instructions    408  287 

power  concerning  137  61 

removal   82  39 

to  be  removed  from  sidewalk  and  gutter  524-526  317 

Soap  factories,  license  for  342  268 

South   School   district    116, 117  51 

continued     223  93 

Sparring  regulated    280  250 

Special  constables,  badges   365  274 

appointment    47  26 

appointment  and  removal    412  288 

power  de  appointment  137  63 

Special  election  ordered   9  11 

meeting  of  aldermen    11  12 

Specifications,  engineer  to  make   76  37 

Speed  allowed   504  313 

of  cars    568  332 

Spitting  health  rule   354 

Spittoon  to  be  lined    258  243 

Springside  home  and  farm,  superintendent 204  86 

Spirituous  liquors,  dancing  in  saloon  forbidden 279  249 

Square?,  carpets  not  to  be  beaten  on   494  312 

fireworks  prohibited  on  496  312 

power  of  aldermen   132  56 

Sprinkling  streets,  assessments  and  liens  136  58 

liens  to  take  priority  83  40 

to  avoid  vehicles    354  271 

Stables  to  be  kept  clean 337  267 

Stand  forbidden  in  street  493  312 

State  Attorney  to  prosecute  city  officers 141  64 

Stationery  and  supplies  21  16 

Steamboat  gang-plank 578  333 

Steam  boilers,  board  of  supervisors   579  334 

duties    580  334 

inspector     581  334 

not  to  be  set  without  permission 583  335 

license  fee    313  260 

rules  and  regulations 579,590  334 


—  Ixiii  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Steam  pipe;^,  construction  161  209 

whistles,  Mayor  maj'  prohibit  '^ol  270 

Steel  and  iron  work  to  be  painted  127  196 

columns  109  189 

fiber  stress   I'Hj  187 

floor  beams    106.118     187,192 

Stenographer  171  73 

in  city  court  109 

Steps  from  sidewalk -^21  317 

Stolen  property  67  34 

Stove-pipes,  location    '. 158  207 

Stoves,  location   157  207 

Stones,  setting  regulated   68  173 

Street  railroads,  car^  stopping  regulated   5<i7  314 

regulations  concerning 565-576    331-333 

speed  of   568  332 

power  to  regulate  speed 137  61 

assessments,  how  collected 136  59 

management    569-575  332 

to  conform  to  grades  565  331 

to  pay  for  pavements  106 

to  restore  pavements   565  331 

to  pay  cost  of  pavements   566  331 

to  sprinkle  streets  136  59 

Streets 132  56 

benefits  assessed  by  aldermen  81  38 

obstructed  hy  building  materials 195  224 

only  during  construction   196  225 

adjoining  property    197  225 

passage  around   195  224 

bureau  of 76  36 

carpets  not  to  be  shaken 494  312 

cart  not  to  be  left 502  313 

carting  timber  regulated  479  310 

cleaning,  director  in  charge 74  35 

control  of  aldermen  132  56 

connections  to  be  made  before  paving 468  308 

cesspools   forbidden    458  306 

excavations  regulated 470-476  30& 

a  nuisance   316  263 

near  street  to  be  fenced 492  312 

director  to  make  connections 469  308 

excavations,  how  filled 479  310 

encroachments  on   314  263 

fireworks   regulated    496  312 

games  forbidden   495  312 

hand-bills    forbidden    489  312 


— Ixiv  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Streets,  laj-out  and  extcnsiDii    l-'j-'i  '»^ 

power  concerning  l'j<  Gl 

referred  to  jiulilic  works  76  37 

numbering    2"i(3.-Ji»7  228 

engineer's  dutj-  -i'tO  304 

manure  not  to  be  removed 4!»1  312 

obscene  pictures  forbidden  in  490  31"2 

obstruction  forbidden  483  311 

a  nuisance 315  263 

opening    of    132  56 

regulated    467  307 

director  to  supervise   472  308 

expense  of  supervision   472  308 

license  fee 313  260 

permit  for   470  308 

sewer  connections   464  307 

paving  act   106 

power  of  aldermen  132  56 

liens  to  take  priority 33  40 

assessments  for  _ 137  61 

expense  of  restoring 475  309 

pavement    bonds    106 

restoration  of  476  309 

by  railroad 565  331 

private  opening  regulated  467  307 

power  de  excavations    137  61 

laying  out  and  grading  137  61 

numbering   137  61 

refuse   in    487  311 

repair  of  by  aldermen  132  56 

signs  in  53  28 

sprinkling    136  58 

snow  not  be  thrown  into   527  318 

stands  forbidden   493  312 

superintendent    76  36 

trees,  planting  regulated  536  320 

turf  not  to  be  cut   480  310 

wood  or  coal  not  to  remain 482  310 

Stress  for  riveted  plate  girders  107  188 

Subpoenas   131  56 

Suit,  Corporation  Counsel  to  bring 16  15 

rights  of  city  2  5 

Superintendent  of  charities   201  84 

purchasing  agent 205  86 

of  departments,  powers  and  duties 60  31 

of  fire  alarm  telegraph   55  29 


—  Ixv  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Superintendent  of  parks,  appointment   91  43 

power  to  arrest 88  42 

of  scliools,  appointment  and  duties   106  49 

removal     1<'7  49 

reports    loT  49 

of  sewers  76  36 

of  Springside 204  86 

of  streets,  duties 76  36 

to  lay  walks  and  remove  snow.  ...  82  39 

Superior  court,  notices  by  judge 79  38 

Supernumaries,    appointment    47  26 

Supervisor  of  boilers,  appointment  579  334 

duties    581  334 

Supplies    for   city    156  67 

to  be  furnisbed  by  each  department  59  30 

for  office,  how  purchased   157  69 

and  stationery,  controller  to  furnish   21  16 

Surety  company  bond   155  67 

Suspension  from  office  pending  hearing 141  64 

by  chiefs   60  31 

after   hearing    65  32 

Swimming  regulated    277  249 

Swine,  license  for  keeping 337  267 

impounded     23  157 

T 

Tanneries,  regulations  de   341  268 

Tanning   licensed    341  268 

Taxation,  of  costs  of  appeal   83  41 

oyster  grounds  217  92 

13th.  14th  and  15th  wards  217  92 

rate  of    44  24 

Tax  liens,  levy  by  Board  of  Finance  44  24 

to  be  signed  by  Collector 31  19 

Tax  collector   (see  Collector)    

Taxes  abated   133 

abatement  of,  notice  of  to  Collector 32  20 

abatement    593  338 

Collector  to  collect  31  19 

discounting  of   45  25 

exemption 595  338 

how   laid    591  338 

may   lay  special    591  338 

payment  enforced   32  20 

priority    of    83  40 

procedure  592  338 


—  Ixvi  — 

SF-CTKlN.  TAGE. 

Taxes,  school,  Hoard  of  Finance  to  levy 110  50 

town,  to  be  collected  by  city 215  01 

warrant  for  collection  of 31  19 

when  payable   150  66 

interest  on   150  66 

Telegraph,  fire  alarm,  superintendent  of,  duties  of 55  29 

police  alarm,  penalty  for  cutting 413  288 

wires    645  352 

Telephone  wires    645  352 

Telford  pavements,  watering  of 531-533  319 

Templates  under  all  floor  beams  110  193 

Tenement  house  act  138 

Tenements,  rear,  prohibited  189  222 

Tenth  ward 3  8 

Territorial  limits  of  city  1  5 

Testimony  of  witness,  when  not  to  be  used  against  him 144  65 

Text  books.  Board  of  Education  to  designate  107  49 

Theater   aisles    134  198 

free  from  obstructions 151  205 

capacity  of  corridors  131  198 

corridors  to  be  kept  free 130  197 

curtain  fireproof   140  201 

doorways   145  203 

existing  to  comply   128  196 

exit  signs  and  lights  146  203 

exits  size   145  203 

fireproof  paint    141  202 

floor  levels 133  198 

galleries    143  202 

heating   136  189 

hose  150  205 

license,  to  be  withheld,  when 129  197 

lighting    147  204 

exit    148  204 

open  court  on  both  sides 130  197 

partition   walls    137  200 

scenery  to  be  fireproofed  141  202 

seats    132  198 

skylights    144  202 

stairways    145, 136    203, 199 

storage  room    142  202 

to  be  fire  proof  128  196 

ventilators    144  202 

wall  separating  stage  138  201 

water  curtain   130  201 

pipes   149  204 

plugs  and  hose 139  201 

workshop    142  202 


—  Ixvii  — 

Theatrical  performance  to  be  licensed  

Third  ward   

Thirteenth   ward 

full     rights     

taxes    

rights     

Tie  vote,  how  settled  

in  Police  Board,  how  dissolved   

Tide   water,   compensation    for   displacement    

erection  in   

Town  and  city,  consolidation  of 

Town  Clerk,  bond  of  

duties     

election  of   

fees  to  go  into  City  Treasury 

report  of 

salaries  of  assistants 

to  record  certificates  of  liens  

constables,  election  of 

deposit  fund  agents  

elections,  city  to  pay  expense  of 

health  officers,  no  jurisdiction  in  town   

election  and  terms  of  

meeting    

nominations  for,  when  made 

of  New  Haven,  powers  in  city 

powers,  transferred  to  city   

{fi'operty  vested   in  city    

school  fund,  to  be  paid  to  Treasurer 

Trade    596-631 

Training  for  prize  fights,  penalty  for  

Transfers  of  appropriations,  how  made  

permitted,  how  

to  veteran   reserve   force    

Treasurer,  accounts  to  be  audited  daily  

bonds    

clerical  expenses  of 

Controller  to  audit  accounts  daily  

deposit  of  funds 

duties    

election  of  , 

liquor  license  fee,  when   

office  and  hours   367, 28 

of  library,  to  sign  orders   

order  drawn  upon  

of  payments    

receipts  to  be  in  duplicate 


SECTION. 

PAGE. 

16 

155 

3 

6 

3 

6 

218 

92 

217 

92 

216 

92 

9 

11 

49 

26 

97 

98 

215 

91 

207 

87 

207 

87 

210 

89 

207 

87 

207 

87 

2(17 

87 

86, 136 

41,58 

209 

88 

225 

93 

210 

89 

94 

.44 

210 

89 

220 

93 

147 

66 

219 

93 

200 

84 

215 

91 

108 

50 

596-631 

340 

281 

250 

44 

24 

24 

17 

51 

27 

22 

17 

28 

19 

28 

19 

23 

17 

29 

19 

28 

19 

6 

10 

QQ 

33 

367,28 

19 

103 

47 

25 

17 

30 

19 

38 

21 

—  Ixviii  — 

SKtTION.  I'AGF.. 

Troasuror,  reports  <>{   lidard  nf   I'^inancc    3i>  l!) 

salary  of 4"  28 

school  funds  In8  50 

to  be  treasurer  of  relief  funds   68  34 

keep  library   fund   1"-^  47 

pay  orders  drawn  by  Clerk  of  City  Court  ....  !<•!'  73 

report  monthly  3i>  lit 

countersign  all  bonds  216  281 

receive  deposits  daily  from  Collector   83  20 

Trees,  horses  not  to  be  fastened  to  588  320 

in  charge  of  department  of  public  works  586  32n 

not  to  be  inj  ured    587  82n 

power  de  planting  and  removal  of 187  62 

protection  of  not  to  be  injured   530  320 

signs,   advertisements  on.  prohibited    540  320 

Trespass  632  348 

Trusses  pin  connected  125  105 

riveted    124  105 

stresses  on   126  l!>(i 

Trusts,  city  empowered  to  accept 162  7n 

public,  power  to  accept  187  62 

Tuberculosis,  regulations  concerning   354 

Twelfth  ward  3  0 

Two   offices    161  70 


u 

Unanimous  consent  required,  when   129  55 

Unclaimed  and  lost 7  34 

Unexpired  terms,  appointments  for    140  66 

Unlawful  assemblies,  suppression  of 198  84 

Unpaid  taxes,  interest  on  150  66 

Unsafe  buildings,  duty  of  Fire  Department  55  29 

Marshal  de   57  29 

V 

Vacancy  filling 149  66 

in  Board  of  Education,  how  filled 105  48 

Fire  Board,  how  filled 56  29 

office,  how  filled   222  93 

of  Mayor,  how  filled  10  11 

offices,  power  de  filling  of 137  63 

president  of  Council  Boards,  how  filled 126  54 

on  Park  Commission,  how  filled  87  41 

Vaults  under  sidewalks   72  174 


Ixix  — 


SECTION. 

Vehicle  licensed  shall  accept  first   435 

license  transfer    421 

power  de  speed  of 137 

refusal  to  pay  433 

(See  public  conveyances.) 

Veteran    reserve    51 

compensation  regulated   50 

\'eto.  how  resolution,  etc..  passed  over 11 

power  of  Mayor   11 

V'ice.  power  de  prevention  of 137 

\'iolation  of  ordinances,  penalty  for  137 

park  rules.  City  Attorney  to  prosecute  88 

rules  of  burial  grounds  213 

Vital   statistics    208 

(See  Registrar  of  Vital   Statistics.) 

Vote,  by  ayes  and  nays,  how  ordered  1"27 

Mayor  may  vote  in  police  board,  when   40 

on  elections  in  Board  of  Aldermen  .  . .'. 130 

plurality    9 

required  to  alter  estimates   44 

Voters,  selectmen  to  make  209 

who  eligible  to  vote  for  city  officers  5 

Voting  districts,  how  established  4 

list  of.  to  be  furnished  Mayor  and  selectmen     '       52 

police  commissioners  to  select  52 

regulation  by  Superintendent  of  Police  ....  52 

use  of  saloons,  prohibited   52 


PAGE. 

29(J 

291 

61 

296 


12 
12 
60 
60 
42 
230 
87 

54 
26 
56 
11 
24 
88 
10 
10 
27 
27 


w 

\\'alks.  cleaning  of.  by  Superintendent  of  Streets,  when   ....  82  39 
etc..   layout  to  be  referred  to  Department  of   Public 

Works     78  37 

power  of  Court  of  Common  Council   132  56 

Walls  of  buildings   73-l(>4  175 

ashlar  thickness    82.  178 

bearing  walls  .73  175 

non-bearing  walls  74  175 

bonding  brick  walls   81  178 

business   buildings    76  176 

churches,  theaters,  etc 78  177 

curtain    walls    80  177 

foundation   construed    63  171 

increased  by  length  of  span 77     ■        176 

one-story  structures 79  177 

openings  for  doors  and  windows   90  181 

partitions 75  175 


—  Ixx 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Walls  party,  use  of 83  178 

protected     fil  170 

recesses  and  chases  89  181 

shafts,  walls  of  light  or  ventilation   87  179 

to  be  braced    85  179 

to  be  built  uniformly 84  179 

Warning  of  .city  meetings  and  elections,  power  de 137  63 

Ward  officers,  elected,  when   7,8  10 

terms  extended    0  10 

of  city 3  4 

division  into,  voting  district 4  10 

outlying,  how  brought  under  full  city  jurisdiction.  ..  .  218  92 

Warrant  for  arrest  of  aldermen   128  55 

collection   of  taxes    31  19 

Warrants,  not  to  be  issued  unless  fund  exist 24  17 

to  show  on  what  accounts  they  are  drawn 23  17 

when  necessary   197  83 

Water-closets,  regulation  de  378,379  278 

Watering  carts,  license  fees   313  261 

pavements    531, 533  319 

streets,  regulation  de   354  271 

power  of  Court  of  Common  Council  de..  .  136  58 

Water  mains,  power  de  laying  of 137  61 

pipes,  location 163  210 

or  hydrant  opening  regulated 253  270 

Weapons,  concealed,  penalty  for  carrying  283  270 

Webster  district  to  borrow  money  to  build  school  house  ....  110 

Weekly  payments  to  employes 562  329 

Weights  and  Measures,  Sealer  of 37  21 

powers  and  duties  of  ....   634-644    849-351 

Weighers,  etc.,  appointment  of   361  273 

Weights,  scales  and  measures,  to  be  tested  annually 37  21 

to  be  inspected  634  349 

Well,    use   of    344  268 

West  River,   power  over    133  57 

Westville.  school  district 223  91 

school    116  51 

Wharfage    558  326 

Wharf  in  Harbor  101 

Wharves    132  56 

Wharfs,  city  given  right  to  build 103 ' 

Wheelbarrows  on  sidewalks,  prohibited 512  315 

Whistle  blowing  regulated    351  270 

White-iish  transporting  to  be  licensed   320  264 

Windows,  openings  for  90  181 

Wires,    attachments   to    insulator    648  353 

distance  apart   647  353 


—  Ixxi  — 

SECTION.  PAGE. 

Wires,  electric,  height  of  646  352 

construction    164  210 

poHce  and  fire  alarm,  where  to  run 645  352 

regulated     645  352 

trolley,  feed  wires,  how  protected  648  353 

use  of.  to  be  inspected  58  30 

Witnesses  before  Boards   131  56 

subpoena  and  capias  for  188  80 

when  not  to  be  excused  from  testifying 144  65 

Witness  fees,  not  to  be  paid  when 190  81 

Woman  eligible  for  Board  of  Education  ' 146  65 

Wooden  beams,  use  governed  182  218 

buildings,  height  restricted    183  220 

constructed    184  220 

prohibited  in  fire  district 179  216 

Wood,  how  measured   602  341 

not  to  remain  on  streets  482  310 

sawing  of,  on  sidewalk,  prohibited  482  310 

Workhouses,  power  of  city 206  87 

Wrought  iron  fiber  stress   106  187 


Y 

Yards  and  premises,  to  be  kept  cleanly 336  267 

Year  book,  by  whom  shall  be  compiled  36  21 

Young  Men's  Institute,  contracts  with  100  46 


Ordinance  db  Express  Stands. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  New  Haven: 

Sec.  423  The  following  places  in  said  city  are  designated  as 
stands  for  express  and  baggage  wagons  exclusively  : 

The  southeast  side  of  Broad  Street,  between  Oak  Street  and 
Commerce  Street ;  Chapel  Street,  north  side,  between  College  Street 
and  a  point  228  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  the  roadway  of  Temple 
Street. 

The  driver  of  any  such  express  or  baggage  wagon  shall  be 
required  to  remain  upon  said  wagon  or  alongside  thereof  while  said 
wagon  shall  remain  upon  the  public  stand. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen    October  28,  igoy . 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  October  31   igoj. 
Operative  and  in  effect  November  S,  igoj. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  de  Ticket  Speculation. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  : 

Sec.  19  a.  I.  All  tickets  of  admission  to-  public  places  of 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition  or  athletic  contest,  shall 
have  printed  on  them  in  a  conspicuous  manner  the  price  for  which 
they  are  to  be  sold  and  the  date  or  dates  for  which  they  are  issued. 

2.  No  person,  persons  or  corporation  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale 
in  or  upon  any  street,  park,  alley,  or  other  public  place  in  the  City 
of  New  Haven,  an)-  ticket,  privilege,  or  license  of  admission  to  any 
place  of  public  amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition,  or 
athletic  contest ;  nor  shall  any  person,  persons  or  corporations  sell 
or  offer  for  sale  anywhere  within  said  City  of  New  Haven  any 
ticket,  privilege,  or  license  of  admission  to  any  place  of  public 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition  or  athletic  contest  at  a 
price  greater  than  the  price  printed  thereon,  or  at  a  price  greater 
than  the  actual  or  fixed  price  of  admission  to  such  place  of  public 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition,  or  athletic  contest. 

3.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $10.00  nor 
more  than  $100  for  each  offense,  and  the  sale  of  each  ticket  sold  in 
violation  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  constitute  a  sepa- 
rate and  distinct  offense. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  0/  Aldermen,  September  jo,  igcj. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  October  8,  igoj. 
Operative  and  in  effect  October  /j,  igoj. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  de  Ticket  Speculation. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  : 

Sec.  19  a.  I.  All  tickets  of  admission  to  public  places  of 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition  or  athletic  contest,  shall 
have  printed  on  them  in  a  conspicuous  manner  the  price  for  which 
they  are  to  be  sold  and  the  date  or  dates  for  which  they  are  issued. 

2.  No  person,  persons  or  corporation  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale 
in  or  upon  any  street,  park,  alley,  or  other  public  place  in  the  City 
of  New  Haven,  any  ticket,  privilege,  or  license  of  admission  to  any 
place  of  public  amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition,  or 
athletic  contest ;  nor  shall  any  person,  persons  or  corporations  sell 
or  offer  for  sale  anywhere  within  said  City  of  New  Haven  any 
ticket,  privilege,  or  license  of  admission  to  any  place  of  public 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition  or  athletic  contest  at  a 
price  greater  than  the  price  printed  thereon,  or  at  a  price  greater 
than  the  actual  or  fixed  price  of  admission  to  such  place  of  public 
amusement,  performance,  sport,  exhibition,  or  athletic  contest. 

3.  Any  person,  persons  or  corporation  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  $10.00  nor 
more  than  $100  for  each  offense,  and  the  sale  of  each  ticket  sold  in 
violation  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  constitute  a  sepa- 
rate and  distinct  offense. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  September  ^o,  igcj. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  October  8,  igoj. 
Operative  and  in  effect  October  i^,  igoj. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  db  Express  Stands. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Neiv  Haven: 

Sec.  423  The  following  places  in  said  city  are  designated  as 
stands  for  express  and  baggage  wagons  exclusively  : 

The  southeast  side  of  Broad  Street,  between  Oak  Street  and 
Commerce  Street  ;  Chapel  Street,  north  side,  between  College  Street 
and  a  point  228  feet  west  of  the  west  line  of  the  roadway  of  Temple 
Street. 

The  driver  of  any  such  express  or  baggage  wagon  shall  be 
required  to  remain  upon  said  wagon  or  alongside  thereof  while  said 
wagon  shall  remain  upon  the  public  stand. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Alder  men    October  28,  1907 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  October  31   igoj. 
(Operative  and  in  effect  November  8,  J 907. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  de  Concerning  Music  in  Restaurants  and  Hotels, 

Amending  Section  279  of  the  Ordinances  of 

THE  City  of  New  Haven. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Nezv  Haven  : 

Sec.  279.  Every  concert  saloon,  and  every  place,  enclosure,  or 
structure  in  said  city,  in  which  spirituous  liquors,  ale,  wine  or  lager 
beer  is  commonly  sold,  or  given  away,  or  reputed  to  be  sold,  or 
given  away,  and  in  which  any  exhibition  of  dancing,  acting,  singing 
or  music  is  also  permitted ;  and  all  separate,  but  contiguous,  or 
nearly  contiguous  structures,  used  or  intended  to  be  used,  in  con- 
nection with  each  other,  for  the  selling  or  giving  away  in  one, 
spirituous  liquors,  ale,  wine  or  lager  beer,  and  also  for  any  such 
exhibition  in  the  other,  shall  be  deemed  a  common  nuisance ;  and 
every  person  keeping  any  such  saloon,  place,  enclosure,  structure 
or  structures,  and  every  person  taking  part  in  any  such  exhibition 
therein,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  counseling  and  maintaining  a 
common  nuisance,  and  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  ten,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such  offense. 

Provided,  however,  that  the  Chief  of  Police  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  mayor,  may  issue  a  license  to  the  proprietors  of 
hotels  and  bonafide  restaurants  deemed  to  be  respectable  by  said 
Chief,  which  license  shall  permit  said  licensees  to  have  orchestral 
or  instrumental  music  in  their  dining  rooms  during  such  hours  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  said  Chief  of  Police. 

The  fee  for  said  license  to  be  charged  and  paid  shall  be  $5.00 
and  said  license  shall  be  revokable  at  the  discretion  of  said  Chief. 

Amended  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  July  2,  ipo6. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  July  10,  1906. 
Operative  and  in  effect  July  18,  1906. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


to  Market  street ;  through  the  center  of  Market  street  to  Haven 
street ;  through  the  center  of  Haven  street  to  Exchange  street ; 
through  the  center  of  Exchange  street  to  James  Street;  through 
the  center  of  James  street  to  Wolcott  street;  through  the  center 
of  Wolcott  street  to  Mill  street ;  through  the  center  of  Mill  street 
to  Chapel  street ;  through  the  center  of  Chapel  street  to  the 
channel  of  Mill  River;  to  the  center  of  Tomlinson  Bridge,  to  the 
end  of  Long  Wharf,  thence  by  straight  line^  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

Arnendnicnt  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  Dec.  p,  190"/. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  Dec.  11,  igo"/. 
Operative  and  in  effect,  Dec.  ip,  ipo/. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

Cit\i  Clerk. 


Amendment  to  Ordinance,  Section  56,  de  Fire  District. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Nezv 
Haven : 

Sec.  56.  The  portion  of  the  City  included  within  the  following 
boundaries  shall  be  known  as  the  fire  district,  namely : 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  West  Water  street  with  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad,  and  thence  following 
the  tracks  of  said  Railroad  to  Cedar  street  through  the  center  of 
Cedar  street  to  the  center  of  Minor  street,  through  the  center  of 
Minor  street  to  the  center  of  Howard  avenue ;  through  the  center 
of  Howard  avenue  to  a  point  200  feet  south  of  Congress  avenue ; 
thence  in  a  westerly  direction  parallel  with  Congress  avenue  to 
the  center  of  Daggett  street ;  through  the  center  of  Daggett  street 
to  the  center  of  Congress  avenue ;  through  the  center  of  Cengress 
avenue  to  the  center  of  Ward  street ;  through  the  center  of  Ward 
street  to  a  point  200  feet  north  of  the  center  line  of  Congress 
avenue ;  thence  in  an  easterly  direction  and  parallel  with  the  center 
line  of  Congress  avenue  to  the  center  of  Howard  avenue ;  through 
the  center  of  Howard  avenue  to  the  center  of  Howe  street ;  through 
the  center  of  Howe  street  and  Dixwell  avenue  to  Bristol  street; 
thence  in  an  easterly  direction  in  a  straight  line,  through  the 
center  of  Bristol  street  to  the  center  of  Ashmun  street;  through 
the  center  of  Ashmun  street  to  the  center  of  Lock  street ;  through 
the  center  of  Lock  street  to  a  point  midway  between  the  rails  of 
the  New  Haven  &  Northampton  Railroad,  to  the  center  of  Sachem 
street;  through  the  center  of  Sachem  street  to  the  center  of 
Whitney  avenue ;  through  the  center  of  Whitney  avenue  to  a 
point  185  feet  south  of  Humphrey  street,  thence  in  an  easterly 
direction  in  a  line  parallel  with  Humphrey  street ;  to  the  center 
of  Orange  street,  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  to  the  center  of 
Clark  street;  through  the  center  of  Clark  street  to  the  center  of 
State  street;  through  the  center  of  State  street,  to  a  point  110  feet 
west  of  the  west  line  of  Mill  Riverstreet  measuring  at  a  right  angle 
with  said  west  line ;  thence  in  a  southerly  direction  and  parallel 
with  the  westerly  line  of  Mill  River  street  to  the  center  of  Walnut 
street;  through  the  center  of  Walnut  street  to  the  tracks  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  Co.,  and  following 
the  tracks  to  James  street;  through  the  center  of  James  street 


be  at  least  eight  feet  in  the  clear  above  the  sidewalk.  No  canopy, 
canvas  or  other  awning  requiring  vertical  supports  shall  extend 
into  the  street  and  over  the  sidewalk  except  by  consent  of  the 
board  of  aldermen.  Any  awning  or  post  supporting  the  same, 
heretofore  erected,  shall  not  be  affected  by  the  provisions  of  the 
foregoing  ordinance.  But  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Director  of 
Public  Works  to  carefully  examine  all  awnings  and  the  supports 
thereof,  and  if  in  his  opinion  the  awnings  or  fJosts  supporting  the 
same,  are  unsafe,  the  owner  shall,  within  ten  days  after  notification 
by  the  Director  of  Public  Works,  make  such  changes  as  the  Di- 
rector of  Public  Works  deems  necessary  for  public  safety,  and  in 
all  cases  where  existing  posts  are  deemed  by  the  Director  of  Pul.lic 
Works  to  be  unsafe,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  to  replace  them 
with  posts  made  of  iron,  and  all  such  posts  shall  be  kept  painted. 
The  Director  of  Public  Works  may  give  permission  for  the  erection 
of  temporary  structures  of  canvas  for  weddings  or  other  social 
functions. 

Amended  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  July  2,  jpo6. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  July  11,  ipo6. 
Operative  and  in  effect  July  ip,  ipo6. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


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Ordinance  de  Street  Signs  and  Show  Bills,  Etc.,  Over  Street 

Line,  Amending  Section  511  of  the  Ordinances 

OF  the  City  of  New  Haven. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Ne7v  Haven : 

Sec.  511.  No  sign,  show  bill,  show  board,  goods,  wares,  mer- 
chandise or  other  thing  shall  project  into  any  street  beyond  the 
street  line ;  provided,  however,  that  a  sign,  show  bill  or  show  board 
of  wood  or  metal  and  so  attached  to  a  building  as  to  be  stationary 
and  so  that  it  shall  not  swing  or  turn,  its  lowest  part  being  not 
less  than  eight  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  may,  when  constructed  and 
secured  in  a  manner  approved  by  the  Director  of  Public  Works, 
extend  into  the  street  beyond  the  street  line  a  distance  not  exceed- 
ing three  feet  from  the  street  line ;  and  provided  further  that  when 
and  so  long  as  constructed,  secured  and  operated  in  a  manner  ap- 
proved by  the  Director  of  Public  Works,  a  clock,  without  names 
or  advertisements  painted  or  in  any  other  manner  affixed  thereon 
and  not  exceeding  three  feet  in  diameter  and  the  lowest  part  of 
which  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  may  be 
attached  to  an  iron  post  placed  next  to  and  along  the  inside  of  the 
curbstone;  and  provided  further  that,  subject  to  the  regulation  by 
the  Director  of  Public  Works  as  to  material,  size,  method  of  sus- 
pension and  time  of  display,  banners  or  flags  may  be  suspendea 
across  or  over  the  streets  and  sidewalks  which  may  have  indicated 
or  affixed  upon  them  names  of  political  parties  and  of  candidates 
for  office  and  portraits  of  such  candidates.  No  flag  or  banner  shaP 
be  used  for  advertising  purposes. 

All  posts  fixed  in  any  street  for  the  purpose  of  supporting  any 
awning  shall  be  of  iron  not  exceeding  four  inches  in  diameter  and 
the  rail  crossing  the  same  shall  be  of  iron.  The  said  post  shall  be 
placed  next  to  and  along  the  inside  of  the  curb  stone,  and  the  cross 
rail  which  is  extended  to  support  the  awning  shall  not  be  less  than 
eight  nor  more  than  ten  feet  in  height  above  the  sidewalk,  and  the 
said  cross  rail  shall  be  strongly  secured  to  the  upright  posts. 

Drop  awnings,  made  of  canvas,  without  vertical  supports,  must 
in  no  case  extend  beyond  eight  feet  from  the  building,  and  must 

(over) 


Ordinance  de  Loitering  of  Children   in   Public  Places. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  New  Haven: 

Sec.  283  A.  i.  No  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years  shall 
be  allowed  to  loiter  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  between  the  hours  of  ten 
o'clock  P.  M.  and  three  o'clock  A.  AI.  unless  accompanied  by  its 
parent  or  guardian. 

2.  No  parent  or  guardian  shall  allow  any  child  under  the  age 
of  fourteen  years  under  the  care,  custody  or  control  of  said  parent 
or  guardian  to  loiter  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  between  the  hours 
of  ten  o'clock  P.  M.  and  three  o'clock  A.  M.  unless  accompanied 
by  said  parent  or  guardian. 

3.  No  child  under  the  age  of  fourteen  years  shall  be  allowed  to 
peddle  or  sell  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  between  the  hours  of  ten 
o'clock  P.  M.  and  three  o'clock  A.  M.  any  newspapers,  periodicals 
or  other  articles  of  merchandise. 

4.  No  parent  or  guardian  shall  allow  any  child  under  the  age  of 
fourteen  years  under  the  care,  custody  or  control  of  said  parent  or 
guardian  to  peddle  or  sell  upon  any  street,  alley  or  public  place 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  New  Haven  between  the 
hours  of  ten  o'clock  P.  M.  and  three  o'clock  A.  M.  any  newspapers, 
periodicals  or  other  articles  of  merchandse. 

5.  Any  child  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sections  One 
and  Three  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars. Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  Sections  Two 
and  Four  of  this  act  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  February  5,  ipo6. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  February  7,  ipo6. 
Operative  and  in  effect  February  16,  igo6. 

Attest:   EDWARD   A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  de  IvICEnses  for  Sale  and  Storage  of  Inflam- 
mable Oils,  etc. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Neiv  Haven  : 

Sec.  622.  No  person  shall  receive  a  license  to  sell  or  keep  on 
sale  or  storage  any  of  the  substances  mentioned  in  this  heading  upon 
any  street  or  wharf  nor  in  any  building  or  place  not  approved  by 
the  Fire  Marshal,  nor  upon  any  floor  of  a  building  above  the  j5rst 
floor,  nor  in  any  receptacle  except  in  the  original  unbroken  receptacle 
in  which  they  are  shipped,  or  in  metallic  vessels  approved  in  writing 
by  the  Fire  Marshal. 

Adopted  by  Board  of  Aldermen,  April  23,  igo6. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  April  2j,  igo6. 
Operative  and  in  effect  May  i,  igo6. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk. 


Ordinance  de  Licenses  for  Theatrical  Exhibitions,   Pulu.ic 

Amusements   and   Exhibitions   of   any    Description    and 

Regulating  the  Display  of  Bill  Posters,  Amending 

Sections    i6,    17  and  313   of  the  Ordinances  of 

THE  City  of  New  Haven.' 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  City  of  Nez^  Haven  : 

Sec.  16.  The  chief  of  police,  may  issue  a  license  as  provided  in 
the  ordinance  concerning  Hcenses  and  permits,  for  any  pubHc  con- 
cert, dance,  play,  farce,  show,  tragedy,  comedy,  pantomine,  or  other 
theatrical  or  dramatic  performance,  exhibition  of  gymnastics,  dex- 
terity, or  skill,  circus  or  exhibition  of  animals  or  curiosities,  for 
gain,  specifying  in  such  license  the  time  and  particular  place  of  ex- 
hibition, provided  that  no  part  of  said  exhibition,  show  or  perform- 
ance shall  be  contrary  to  the  statutes  of  this  state,  or  the  ordinances 
of  said  city. 

Every  person  who  shall  take  any  part,  as  actor,  manager  or  agent 
in  any  such  show,  exhibition,  dance,  or  performance,  and  every 
owner  or  other  person  having  charge  of  any  building,  room  or 
premises  in  said  city,  who  shall  suffer  or  permit  therein  such  show, 
exhibition,  dance,  or  performance,  without  a  license  being  first  ob- 
tained therefor,  as  aforesaid,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not 
less  than  twenty,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  every  such 
offense. 

Amended  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen.  July  2,  ipo6, 
Approved  by  the  Mayor.  July  11,  1906. 
Operative  and  in  effect  July  ig,  igo6. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET. 

City  Clerk. 


Sec.  267b.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  pos- 
session with  intent  to  sell,  offer,  or  expose  for  sale  or  sell,  deliver,  for 
sale  or  consumption  within  said  City  of  New  Haven  any  milk  in  which 
ice  has  been  placed. 

Sec.  268.  Each  licensee  shall,  before  engaging  in  the  sale  of  milk, 
cause  the  name  and  number  of  his  license  to  be  legibly  placed  and 
kept  in  a  conspicuous  place  on  each  side  of  the  outer  side  of  all  car- 
riages, wagons,  carts,  sleighs  or  other  vehicles  used  by  him  in  the 
conveyance  and  sale  of  milk.  Each  licensee  shall,  before  offering 
for  sale  or  delivery  in  the  City  of  New  Haven  milk  bought  or  furnished 
from  any  other  persons  or  localities  than  those  stated  in  his  applica- 
tion for  license,  file  with  the  board  of  health  a  written  statement  of  the 
names  of  the  persons  from  whom  such  new  supply  is  to  be  obtained 
and  the  localities  from  which  it  shall  be  produced. 

Adopted  by  the  Boaid  of  Aldermen,  December  ^,  igo6. 
Approved  by  the  Mayor,  December  6,  rgo6. 
Operative  and  in  effect,  December  /j,  igo6. 

Attest:  EDWARD  A.  STREET, 

City  Clerk 


Ordinance  de  Sale  and  Delivery  of  "Milk  of  the  Ordi- 
nances OF  THE  City  of  New  Haven. 

/)<■  //  ordained  b\  the  Board  of  .lldcriiicn  of  the  City  of  .\c7v  Haven: 

Sec.  267.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his  posses- 
sion, with  intent  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  deliver  for 
sale,  or  consumption  within  this  city,  any  milk  without  having  first 
obtained  from  the  board  of  health  a  license  so  to  do,  which  license 
shall  be  issued  on  application  in  writing  to  said  board  of  health,  upon 
blanks  provided  for  such  purpose,  and  on  payment  to  said  board  of 
health  of  a  license  fee  of  fifty  cents.  Said  license  shall  not  be  assigna- 
ble, shall  be  effective  until  the  first  of  May  next  ensuing,  and  may 
be  renewed  for  one  year  upon  its  expiration,  on  application  and  pay- 
ment of  said  fee  as  aforesaid,  but  the  said  board  of  health  shall  have 
the  right  and  authority  to  refuse  to  license  any  person  who  has  violated 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  may  revoke  and  cancel 
such  license,  at  any  time,  for  a  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance. Every  application  for  a  license  shall  contain  a  statement  of 
the  names  of  the  persons  other  than  the  applicant  from  whom  such 
applicant  buys  or  receives  milk  for  the  purpose  of  selling  the  same 
within  the  City  of  New  Haven,  and  the  locality  from  which  the  milk 
so  bought  or  furnished  is  produced. 

Sec.  267  a.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  have  in  his 
possession  with  intent  to  sell,  offer  or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  deliver 
for  sale,  or  consumption  within  this  city,  any  milk  in  cans,  pails  or 
receptacles  without  covers  and  which  do  not  comply  with  such  regula- 
tions as  may  be  from  time  to  time  made  by  the  board  of  health  re- 
lating thereto. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  to  fill  bottles  at  any  place  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  New  Haven  other  than  a  dairy  or  milk  depot,  nor  until 
such  bottles  shall  have  been  thoroughly  cleansed;  and  it  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person  to  have  in  his  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  offer 
or  expose  for  sale,  or  sell,  deliver  for  sale,  or  consumption  within  said 
city,  any  milk  in  bottles  which  shall  have  been  placed  in  such  bottles 
at  any  place  in  the  City  of  New  Haven  other  than  a  dairy  or  milk 
depot  as  aforesaid. 


[Siihstituto  for  Ilonso  Bill  Xo.  45G.  | 
('IIAPTI]R  71. 

A  Public  Act  concerning  the  Assessment  and  Collection  of  Tax^s  in  the 
Town  of  Ni-'w  Haven. 


Be  it   enacted   by  the   Senate   and   House  of  Representatives  in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  The  assessors  of  the  town  and  city  of  New  Haven  shall, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June,  annually,  post  on  the  signpost  in  said 
city,  or  publish  in  one  or  more  newspapers  published  in  said  city,  a  notice 
requiring  all  persons  therein  liable  to  pay  taxes  to  bring  in  written  or 
printed  lists  of  the  taxable  property  belonging  to  them  on  the  first  day 
of  June  in  that  year. 

Sec.  2.  Each  resident  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  liable  to  give  in  a 
list  and  pay  taxes  therein  shall  give  in  the  list  reriuired  by  section  2303 
of  the  general  statutes  on  or'  before  the  first  day  of  July,  annuall}'. 
When  the  first  day  of  July  comes  on  Sunday,  then  said  list  may  be  given 
in  on  the  day  following. 

Sec.  3.  The  assessors  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  shall  give  the 
notice  required  by  section  2307  of  the  general  statutes  and  amendments 
thereof  on  or  before  the  twentieth  day  of  September  next  following  the 
making  of  any  addition  to  the  list  of  any  person. 

Sec.  4.  The  assessors  of  the  town  of  New  Haven  shall,  on  or  before 
the  thirtieth  day  of  September,  lodge  the  lists  in  the  town  clerk's  or 
assessors '  office,  and  make  and  lodge  the  abstracts  in  the  town  clcrlf's 
office,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  section  2310  of  the  general  statutes 
and  amendments  thereof. 

See.  5.  In  the  town  of  New  Haven,  the  property  of  any  trading, 
mercantile,  manufacturing,  or  mechanical  business  shall  be  assessed  and 
valued  in  all  respects  as  provided  by  section  2342  of  the  general  statutes; 
provided,  however,  that  the  average  amount  of  goods  kept  on  hand  for 
sale  during  the  year,  or  any  portion  of  the  year  when  the  business  has 
not  been  carried  on  for  a  year  previous  to  the  first  day  of  Jime,  shall  be 
the  rule  of  assessment  and  taxation  in  said  town. 

Sec.  6.  The  board  of  relief  in  the  town  of  New  Haven  shall  meet  on 
the  first  business  day  of  October,  annually,  and  may  adjourn  from  time 
to  time  to  a  day  not  later  than  the  last  business  day  of  said  October,  on 


or  bi'fiiri>   wliicli    ilay   s.'tiil    hujinl    sliall    cDinplctc   (lie   duties    iiii|nisc(l    ujion 
it;  and  said  hoard  sliail  '^\vv  not  ice  of  its  riicctiiigs  as  prcscribi'd  by  law. 

Soc.  7.  No  appoal  from  the  doiiifjs  of  tlio  assessors  in  tlie  town  of 
New  Haven,  or  ai)i>liration  for  dednction  of  amonnt  of  indeljtedness  from 
the  list  of  any  debtor  shall  be  heard  or  entertained  by  the  board  of  relief 
unless  preferred  to  it  at  its  meeting  held  on  the  first  business  day  of 
October,  or  at  some  adjourned  nioetinir  held  within  twenty  days  thereafter. 

See.  8.  The  lien  for  taxes  provided  by  section  2396  of  the  general 
statutes  shall,  as  to  real  estate  situated  within  the  town  of  New  Haven, 
exist  from  the  first  day  of  .June  in  the  year  previous  to  that  in  which  such 
taxes  become  due,  and  the  precedence  of  such  lien  shall  be  determined 
as  of  the  first  day  of  June  and  not  of  the  first  day  of  October,  but  in  all 
other  respects  as  provided  in  said  section. 

Sec.  9.     This  act  shall  take  effect  on  March  1,  190S. 

Approved,  May  7,  1907. 


AMENDMENTS  TO 

CHARTER 

OF  THE 

CITY    OF    NEW    HAVEN 
PASSED   BY  THE  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

1907 


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(House  Joint  Eesolution,  Substiute  for  House  Bill  Xo.  135.) 

No.  83. 

AUTHORIZING  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  HAVEN  TO  ISSUE  IMPEOVE- 

MENT  BONDS. 

Eesolved  bj'  this  Assembl}-: 

Section  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be  and  hereby  is  authorized 
and  empowered  to  issue,  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal  and  upon  the 
credit  of  said  city,  bonds  or  other  certificates  of  debt  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  in  the  whole  four  hundred  and  seventy-two  thousand  dollars, 
which  bonds  shall  be  denominated  Improvement  Bonds  of  the  City  of 
New  Haven,  and  the  same,  or  the  avails  thereof  when  sold,  may  be 
appropriated  by  said  city  in  the  manner  and  in  the  amounts  hereinatter 
set  forth  for  the  payment  of  any  expenses  incurred  by  said  city  in  carry- 
ing out  the  improvements  hereinafter  set  forth. 

See.  2.  Said  bonds  may  be  issued  in  such  sums,  and  shall  be  pre- 
pared, signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  city  by  its  board 
of  finance  may  determine;  shall  be  made  payable  not  more  than  twenty- 
five  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue;  shall  bear  interest  at  a  rate 
not  exceeding  four  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually;  and  may 
be  sold  from  time  to  time  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor  and  board  of 
finance  of  said  city;  and  said  bonds  or  certificates,  when  issued  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  obligatory  upon  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and 
purposes,  and  may  be  enforced  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  to 
the  same  extent  that  debts  contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this 
state  are  enforced. 

Sec.  3.  Said  bonds,  or  the  avails  thereof,  may  be  appropriated  for 
the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  the  following  particular  improvements, 
and  in  the  amounts  hereinafter  designated  respectively  as  follows:  To 
an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  seventy-five  thousand  dollars 
for  the  extension  of  Humphrey  street;  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  in 
the  aggregate  thirty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the  widening  of  St.  John 
street;  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  sixty-two  thousand 
dollars  for  the  extension  of  Crown  street;  to  an  amount  not  exceeding 
in  the  aggregate  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  a  lake  at  the  foot  of 
East  Rock,  public  play  grounds,  or  such  other  sanitary  improvements,  or 
improvements  for  the  beautification  of  the  city  as  may  be  determined 
upon;  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  for  permanent  pavements  in  streets  approved  by  the  paving  com- 
mission; to  an  amount  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  for  a  new  school  building  or  buildings  and  land  for  same. 

Approved  April  9,  1907. 


(House  Joint  Kesolution,  Substitute  for  House  liiil  No.  430./ 

84. 

AUTHOEIZING  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  HAVEN  TO  BORROW  MONEY 
FOR  THE  PURCHASE  OF  LAND. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly: 

Sectiou  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be  and  hereby  is  authorized 
and  empowered  to  borrow,  at  such  times  and  uj>on  such  terms  as  may  be 
approved  by  its  board  of  finance,  a  sum  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate 
one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  for  a  term  not  exceeding  four 
years,  and  to  issue  its  notes  or  certificates  of  indebtedness  therefor. 

Sec.  2.  Said  notes  shall  be  prepared,  signed,  and  authenticated  in 
such  manner  as  the  board  of  finance  shall  determine,  and  maj^  from  time 
to  time,  be  issued  and  sold  under  the  direction  of  said  board  of  finance; 
and  the  avails  thereof  shall  be  used  in  the  purchase  of  land  for  the  site 
for  a  free  public  library,  and  for  other  buildings,  and  for  no  other 
purpose.  Said  avails  may  be  so  expended  in  accordance  with  appropria- 
tions already  made  and  such  further  appropriations  for  the  purposes 
aforesaid  as  may  be  made  by  the  board  of  finance,  with  the  approval  or 
by  the  request  of  the  board  of  aldermen. 

Approved  April  10,  1P07. 


(Substitute  for  House  Bill  No.  4.5.) 

]84. 

AN    ACT    AMENDING    THE    CHARTER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    NEW 

HAVEN    CONCERNING    THE    JURISDICTION 

OF  THE   CITY   COURT. 

Be   it   enacted  by   the   Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  one  hundred  and  seventy-six  of  the  charter  of  the 
city  of  New  Haven  as  amended  by  an  act  approved  May  12,  1905,  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out,  commencing  in  the  fifteenth  line  of  said 
section  as  amended,  the  words  "provided,  that  the  party  so  moving  for 
a  jury  shall  enter  into  a  recognizance  with  surety  to  the  adverse  party 
in  such  sum  as  the  court  shall  order,  conditioned  for  the  payment  of  all 
costs  in  case  final  judgment  is  rendered  against  him"  a;nd  by  adding  at 
the  end  of  said  section  the  following:  "In  all  civil  actions  pending 
before  any  justice  of  the  peace  residing  in  the  town  of  New  Haven, 
except  actions  of  summary  process  and  bastardy  proceedings,  any  party 
thereto  may,  at  any  time,  make  application  to  the  clerk  of  said  city 
court  of  New  Haven  for  the  transfer  of  said  action  to  the  docket  of  said 


city  court,  and  upon  the  payment  to  said  clerk,  by  said  applicant,  of  the 
sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  said  clerk  shall  proceed  forthwith  to  ob- 
tain the  files  and  records  of  s^id  case  from  the  justice  of  the  peace  before 
whom  said  case  is  pending  and  enter  said  case  upon  the  docket  of  said 
eity  court.  The  justice  of  the  peace  before  whom  said  ease  is  pending, 
or,  if  he  be  dead,  or  removed  from  the  state,  or  otherwise  incapacitated, 
the  person  having  charge  or  possession  of  his  files  and  records,  upou 
receipt  of  fifty  cents  from  said  clerk  of  said  city  court,  shall  deliver  to 
said  clerk  the  files  and  records  of  said  case  and  note  the  transfer  thereof 
ou  the  docket  of  said  justice  of  the  peace.  Saicl  clerk  of  said  city  court 
shall  then  forthwith  give  written  notice  of  said  transfer  to  all  parties 
to  said  cause,  and  twelve  days  thereafter  said  eity  court  shall  proceed 
in  relation  to  said  case  as  though  it  had  been  originally  made  returnable 
to  said  court.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
enable  any  person  indebted  to  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  fees  on  account 
of  said  case  to  avoid  the  paj'ment  thereof. ' ' 

Approved  May   14,    1907. 


(House  Bill  Xo.  4.59.) 

185. 

AN    ACT    AMENDING    THE    CHARTER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    NEW 
HAVEN    CONCERNING   THE    SINKING   FUND    COMMISSION. 

Be   it   enacted  by  the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  one  hundred  and  fifty-nine  of  the  charter  of  the 
city  of  New  Haven  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the 
following:  "During  the  month  of  June  in  each  year  the  sinking  fund 
commission,  unless  a  bank  shall  have  been  designated  as  hereinafter 
provided,  shall  by  vote  designate  one  of  its  members  to  be  treasurer  for 
the  period  of  one  year  from  the  first  day  of  the  next  July,  and  shall  file 
a  certificate  in  writing  of  such  designation,  signed  by  not  less  than  two 
of  its  members,  with  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  record  the  same.  The 
treasurer  shall  give  such  additional  bond  as  maj^  be  required  and  ap- 
proved by  the  board  of  finance,  and  shall  have  and  be  charged  with  the 
custody  and  possession  of  all  moneys  and  securities  held  by  or  for  the 
account  of  said  commission,  and  he  shall  be  the  receiving  and  disbursing 
agent  for  said  commission.  But  said  sinking  fund  commission  may,  at 
any  time,  designate  an  incorporated  bank  or  trust  company  doing  busi- 
ness in  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  be,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  three 
years,  the  financial  agent  of  said  sinking  fund  commission,  in  which  case 
said  commission  shall  not  appoint  a  treasurer.  Said  commission  shall 
transmit  a  written  certificate  of  such  designation  to  the  city  clerk,  and, 
if  and  when  the  board  of  finance  shall  have  approved  such  designation, 


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and  the  bank  or  trust  company  so  designated  shall  have  signified  to  the 
city  clerk  in  writing  its  acceptance  thereof,  the  bank  or  trust  company 
so  designated  shall  be,  for  the  period  aforesaid,  the  receiving  and  dis- 
bursing agent  of  said  commission,  and  shall  have  the  custody  and  posses- 
ion of  all  moneys  and  securities  held  for  and  on  account  of  said  com- 
mission. For  the  service  so  to  be  performed,  such  compensation  as  is 
reasonable  may  be  allowed  and  approved  by  the  board  of  finance  to  the 
\)ank  or  trust  company  so  designated  and  may  be  paid  and  charged 
against  the  sinking  fund  without  specific  appropriation  therefor.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  sinking  fund  commission,  in  the  months  of  January 
and  July  of  each  year,  to  inspect  and  examine  the  securities  and  funds 
in  the  custody  and  possession  of  its  treasurer,  or  of  any  bank  or  trust 
company  so  designated." 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  May  14,  1907. 


(House  Bill  No.   146.) 

No.  186. 

AX  ACT   ESTABLISHING  A  EECORD   COMMISSION  IN   THE   CITY 
OF  NEW  HAVEN. 

Be  it   enacted  by   the  Senate   and  House   of  Eepreseutatives   in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  The];e  shall  be  in  the  City  of  New  Haven  a  record  com- 
mission to  consist  of  three  citizens  to  be  nominated  by  the  mayor  and 
confirmed  by  the  board  of  aldermen,  each  to  hold  office  for  the  term  of 
three  years.  When  this  act  shall  take  effect  the  mayor  shall  nominate 
three  members  of  said  commission,  one  for  the  term  of  three  years  from 
the  first  day  of  July,  1907,  and  one  for  the  term  of  two  years  from  the  first 
day  of  July,  1907,  and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year  from  the  first  day 
of  July,  1907,  and  thereafter  shall  nominate  one  member  of  such  com- 
mission during  the  month  of  June  in  each  year  for  the  term  of  three 
years  from  the  first  day  of  July  following.  The  members  of  said  com- 
mission shall  be  chosen  from  such  citizens  as  are  especially  qualified,  by 
reason  of  their  experience  and  knowledge  concerning  public  records,  to 
exercise  an  intelligent  judgment  in  respect  to  matters  liable  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  them,  and  shall  serve  without  pay.  Said  commission  shall  have 
charge  of  the  preparation  of  the  copy  for  printing  and  of  the  printing 
and  distribution  of  such  volumes  of  ancient  or  valuable  records  as  the 
board  of  aldermen  may  from  time  to  time,  order  printed;  shall  designate 
the  institutions,  public  bodies,  and  officials  to  whom  copies  may  be  dis- 
tributed free  of  expense,  and  the  terms  on  which  copies  may  be  obtained 
by  private  individuals;    and  shall,  from  time  to  time,  make  such  recom- 


mendations  to  said  board  concerning  the  care,  preservation,  and  printing 
of  such  records  as  it  shall  deem  advisable.  The  board  of  aldermen  may 
also  refer  to  said  commission  for  advice  or  action  any  matter  pertaining 
to  said  records. 

Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  May  14,  1907. 


(Substitute  for  House  Bill  Xo.  658.) 

'221. 

AX    ACT    AMEXDIXG    THE    CHARTER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    XEW 
HA  VEX  COXCERXIXG  THE  DEPARTMEXT  OF  POLICE  SERVICE. 

Be   it  enacted  by   the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  forty-seven  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Xew  Haven  as 
amended  by  an  act  approved  April  9,  1901,  is  hereby  amended  by  strik- 
ing out  in  the  third  and  fourth  lines  of  said  section  as  amended  the  words 
"and  employes"  and  by  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "and 
electricians,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 
Said  department  shall  preserve  the  peace,  good  order,  and  security  of 
said  city,  and  shall  consist  of  a  chief  and  such  officers,  policemen, 
siipernumeraries,  special  constables,  police  matrons,  and  electricians  as 
the  board  of  police  commissioners  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe.  All 
promotions  of  officers  and  members  of  the  ])olice  force  shall  be  made  by 
the  board  of  police  commissioners  on  grounds  of  meritorious  police 
service  and  superior  capacity,  and  shall  be  as  follows:  sergeants  of  police 
shall  be  selected  from  among  patrolmen,  and  captains  from  among  the 
sergeants.  All  appointments,  including  special  constables,  and  promo- 
tions, except  the  chief,  shall  be  made  bj^  said  board  in  accordance  with 
the  rules  of  the  civil  service  board,  but  no  one  except  special  constables 
shall  be  permanently  appointed  until  he  shall  have  performed  active 
police  service  as  supernumerary  for  at  least  six  months.  Said  board  of 
police  commissioners  shall  have  power  to  designate  members  of  such 
supernumerary  force  for  such  period  of  active  service  as  it  may  think 
proper.  The  board  of  police  commissioners  may  establish  a  detective 
bureau,  which  shall  be  under  the  charge  and  direction  of  a  captain  of 
the  detective  force,  who  shall  be  subject  to  the  order  of  the  chief  of 
police. 

Approved  May  22,  1907. 


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(Siibstituti'  for  House  Bill  Xo.  462.) 

247. 

AX    ALT    A.MEXDIXC;     THE    CHAKTKK    OF    THE    ClTi'    OF    XEW 

HAVEN     COXCERXING     COLLECTIOx'  OF     TAXES     AXD 

MAKIXC   OF  ESTIMATES  AND  APPROPRIATIOXS, 

AXD  THE  TAX  COMMITTEE. 

Be   it   oiiac'ted   by   the   Senate   and   House   of  Representatives   in   General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  thirty-two  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  Xew 
Haven  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  Words  "first  Monday  in 
September ' '  in  the  second  line  thereof  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the 
words  "last  day  of  December,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall 
read  as  follows:  It  shall  be  the  dut}^  of  the  collector  to  report  to  the 
assistant  corporation  counsel,  on  the  last  day  of  December  in  each  year, 
all  taxes  and  assessments  npon  property  and  all  poll  and  military  taxes 
which  have  not  been  abated  according  to  law  and  which  have  been  due 
and  unpaid  for  a  period  of  one  year;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
assistant  corporation  counsel  to  proceed  forthwith  to  take  all  legal  steps 
necessary  to  enforce  the  payment  of  said  taxes  and  asessments.  When 
ever  any  tax  due  the  said  city  is  abated,  the  authority  making  the  abate- 
ment shall  cause  notice  thereof  to  be  given  to  the  collector. 

Section  2.  Section  forty-four  of  said  charter  as  amended  by  an  act 
approved  April  30,  1901,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  the  first 
line  thereof  the  word  "X^ovember''  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word 
"September,"  by  striking  out  in  the  thirteenth  line  the  words  "during 
the  first  week  of  the  month  of  December"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof 
the  words  "on  or  before  the  first  Monday  of  October,"  and  by  striking 
out  in  the  sixteenth  line  the  word  "December"  and  inserting  in  lieu 
thereof  the  word  "October,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read 
as  follows:  In  the  month  of  September  in  each  year  the  board  of  finance 
shall  make  estimates  of  the  moneys  necessary  to  be  appropriated  for  the 
expenses  of  said  city  for  the  year  next  ensuing,  beginning  January  first, 
and  of  the  rate  of  taxation  required  to  meet  the  same,  and  shall  classify 
the  said  expenses  under  appropriate  heads  and  departments.  In  the 
prej)aration  of  said  estimates  said  board  of  finance  shall  give  notice 
to  each  board  or  department  of  a  definite  time  and  place  where  they 
will  meet  to  consider  the  needs  of  such  board  or  department;  said  board 
of  finance  shall  recommend  such  tax  upon  the  polls  and  ratable  estates 
•within  the  limits  of  said  city  as  it  shall  deem  necessary  to  meet  such 
expenses.  Said  estimates  and  the  rate  of  taxation  recommended  shall 
\>e  submitted  to  the  court  of  common  council  on  or  before  the  first  Mon- 
day of  October  next  succeeding,  and,  within  five  days  after  said  sub- 
mission, shall  be  published  once  in  each  of  the  daily  newspapers  in  said 
city;  and  after  such  publication  and  before  the  twentieth  day  of  said 
month  of  October  said  court  shall  proceed  to  consider  and  act  upon  said 


— 9— 

<»stiniates,  and  said  appropriations  and  rate  of  taxation,  so  reported  by 
the  board  of  finance  to  said  court,  shall  be  final,  and  the  appropriations 
and  rfUe  of  taxation  shall  be  the  legal  appropriations  and  the  legal  rate 
of  taxation  for  said  city,  unless  changed  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  each 
biard  of  the  court  of  common  council;  but  said  court  of  common  council 
shall  not  have  power  to  increase  the  appropriations,  or  any  item  thereof, 
or  the  rate  of  taxation  as  recommended  by  the  board  of  finance,  nor 
shall  said  court  of  common  council  reduce  any  item  fixed  by  said  board 
of  finance  for  the  payment  of  interest  or  principal  of  the  municipal 
<lebt.  But  the  total  amount  of  such  annual  appropriations  for  any  one 
year  shall  not  exceed  the  estimated  income  for  that  year,  nor  shall  any 
city  or  department  officer  or  board  of  commissioners  of  said  city  make  any 
expenditures  except  for  the  objects  and  purposes  specified  by  said  court 
of  common  council.  Xor  shall  any  city  or  department  officer  or  board 
of  commissioners  of  said  city  incur  any  liability  or  expense  by  contract 
or  otherwise  for  which  said  city  shall  be  responsible  in  excess  of  the 
appropriations  so  made  by  said  board  of  finance  and  said  court  of 
common  council.  The  board  of  finance,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
court  of  common  council,  shall  have  power  to  make  appropriations  for 
public  receptions,  parades,  concerts  and  celebrations  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  fifteen  hundred  dollars  for  any  one  of  said  purposes  in  any  one 
year.  No  amount  appropriated  for  any  one  purpose,  whether  general  or 
special,  shall  be  used  or  appropriated  for  any 'other  purpose  except  the 
same  be  authorized  by  the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  3.  Section  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  of  said  charter  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  word  "October'  in  the  first  line  thereof 
and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  ' '  August, ' '  so  that  said  section 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  On  or  before  the  tenth  day  of  August 
in  each  year,  each  department,  and  every  executive  officer  not  connected 
with  any  department,  shall  submit  to  the  board  of  finance  an  estimate 
•of  the  expenses  of  such  department  or  office  for  the  ensuing  year,  begin- 
ning on  the  first  day  of  January  next  following,  stating  in  detail,  so  far 
as  possible,  the  purposes  for  which  such  expenses  will  be  incurred. 

Sec.  4.  Section  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  said  charter  as  amended 
by  an  act  amending  said  charter  concerning  the  collection  of  taxes, 
approved  Juue  21,  1905,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  All  taxes 
laid  by  said  city  or  town,  or  by  the  New  Haven  city  school  district,  on 
the  grand  list  of  1908,  shall  become  due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of 
January,  1909,  and  all  taxes  thereafter  laid  by  said  city  or  town,  or  by 
the  New  Haven  city  school  district,  shall  become  due  and  payable  on  the 
first  day  of  January  next  after  they  are  laid.  If  one-half  in  amount  of 
such  taxes  be  paid  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  next  after  they 
become  payable,  no  interest  thereon  shall  be  charged  until  after  the  first 
<lay  of  the  next  succeeding  September,  and  then  only  on  such  amount  of 
said  tax  as  then  remains  unpaid;  that  is  to  say,  if  more  than  one-half 
of  the  tax  assessed  against  any  person  or  corporation  shall  remain  unpaid 
•on  the  first  day  of  March  next  after  such  tax  shall  have  become  due 
and  payable,  interest  shall  be   collected  at  nine  per  centum  per  annum 


—  10— 

from  the  first  day  of  March  on  so  much  as  then  remains  unpaid  exceed- 
ing such  one-half;  and  on  all  taxes  remaining  unpaid  on  the  first  day 
of  September  next  after  they  shall  have  become  due  and  payable,  inter- 
est at  said  rate  shall  be  collected  from  said  first  day  of  September  until 
l»aid.  On  all  taxes  laid  on  tlie  grand  list  of  10()7  which  shall  remain 
unpaid  on  the  first  day  of  August,  19()S,  and  on  all  taxes  remaining 
unpaid  on  the  day  when  this  act  shall  take  effect,  interest  shall  be 
collected  from  the  date  when  such  taxes  became  or  shall  become  due, 
until  they  are  paid,  at  the  rate  of  nine  per  centum  per  annum. 

Sec.  5.  Section  two  hundred  and  three  of  said  charter  as  amended 
by  an  act  approved  April  11,  1901,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out 
the  words  "the  first  day  of  November"  in  the  first  line  thereof  and 
inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  "the  tenth  day  of  August,"  so  that 
said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  On  or  before  the  tenth 
day  of  August  in  each  year,  said  board  shall  submit  to  the  board  of 
finance  in-  said  city  estimates  of  the  amount  of  monej''  required  by  it 
for  the  ensuing  fiscal  j'ear,  specifying  the  purposes  for  which  each  part 
is  required.  Said  board  shall  cause  to  be  kept  a  record  showing  the 
age,  sex,  nationality,  and  probable  cause  of  destitution  of  each  person 
whom  it  relieves,  the  time  when  public  relief  was  first  given,  the  amount 
of  relief  given  to  each  person,  the  birthplace  of  each,  the  number  of 
applicants  for  relief  in  each  month,  and  the  monthly  expenditure  for 
all  relief;  and  said  record  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be  open  to  the 
inspection  of  the  public. 

Sec.  6.  There  shall  be  in  the  city  of  New  Haven  a  committee  to  be- 
known  as  the  tax  committee,  with  the  same  powers  and  duties,  and  to  be 
constituted  in  the  same  manner,  as  is  set  forth  in  an  act  amending  the- 
charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  concerning  the  abatement  of  taxes, 
approved  April  19,  1905,  the  term  of  which  committee  shall  be  from 
July  1,  1907,  to  July  1,  1909. 

Sec.  7.  This  act  shall  take  effect  January  1,  1908,  except  section  six,, 
which  section  shall  take  effect  from  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Approved  June  5,  1907. 


(House  Bill  No.  753.) 

248. 

AN    ACT    AMENDING    THE    CHARTEE    OF    THE    CITY    OF    NEW 
HAVEN   CONCERNING   A   BUILDING   INSPECTOR. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate   and  House   of  Representatives   in  General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  fifty-seven  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following: 
"No   person   who    has   been   or   shall   be   appointed   building   inspector   in. 


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accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  removed  from 
such  position  except  for  sufficient  cause  duly  shown,  which  cause  shall 
not  be  political,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  marshal  to  inspect  from  time  to  time 
the  schoolhouses  and  other  public  buildings^  and  all  buildings  in  which 
any  public  assemblies,  exhibitions,  entertainments  or  shows  are  held, 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  such  buildings  are  in  danger 
of  damage  or  destruction  from  fire  or  unsafe  construction,  and  whether 
the  ordinances  concerning  means  of  exit  from  such  buildings  are  obeyed. 
It  shall  also  be  his  duty,  whenever  he  may  defem  it  necessary,  to  inspect 
any  building  in  the  city,  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  whether  the 
ordinances  relating  to  the  construction,  use,  and  condition  of  buildings 
are  obeyed,  and  he  shall  perform  all  other  duties  in  regard  to  the  in- 
spection of  buildings,  or  issuing  permits  for  the  construction  thereof, 
which  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  It  shall 
be  his  duty  to  report  all  unsafe  buildings  and  all  violations  of  such 
ordinances  to  the  mayor.  The  court  of  common  council  may  make  such 
orders  as  it  may  deem  necessary  for  the  alteration  and  improvement  of 
such  buildings;  provided,  that  the  court  of  common  council  may  provide 
for  an  inspector  of  buildings,  who,  after  said  office  is  authorized,  and 
the  salary  has  been  fixed  by  the  court  of  common  council,  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  mayor,  who,  before  making  such  appointment,  shall 
cause  to  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk  for  record  a  certificate  of  ability 
issued  and  signed  by  at  least  two  of  three  competent  New  Haven  archi- 
tects designated  by  the  mayor,  which  certificate  shall  be  issued  after  such 
examination  of  the  candidate  for  appointment  as  they  consider  necessary 
to  determine  his  competency  for  the  duties  of  said  office.  No  person  who 
has  been  or  shall  be  appointed  building  inspector  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  removed  from  such  position  except 
for  sufficient  cause  duly  shown,  which  cause  shall  not  be  political. 
Sec.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  pasage. 

Approved  June  5,  1907. 


(House   Joint    Resolution,    Substitute   for   House   Bill  No.   431.) 

297. 

AUTHOEIZING  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  HAVEN  TO  ISSUE  HOSPITAL. 

BONDS. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly: 

Section  1.  That  the  city  of  New  Haven  be  and  hereby  is  authorized 
and  empowered  to  issue,  under  the  corporate  name  and  seal  and  upon 
the  credit  of  said  city,  bonds  or  other  certificates  of  debt  to  an  amount 
not  exceeding  in  the  whole  sixty  thousand  dollars,  which  bonds  shall 
be  denominated  Hospital  Bonds  of  the  City  of  New  Haven,  the  same,  or 


—12— 

the  avails  thereof  when  sold,  to  be  appropriated  by  said  city  to  the 
erection  and  equipment  of  an  hospital  for  contagious  diseases  except 
smallpox  and  typhus  fever;  the  location  of  said  hospital  to  be  determined 
by  the  board  of  aldermen  and  approved  by  the  board  of  health  of  said 
city  of  New  Haven,  and  the  erection,  equipment,  and  administration 
thereof  to  be  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  board  of  health  of 
said  city  of  New  Haven. 

Sec.  2.  Said  bonds  may  be  issued  in  such  sums  and  shall  be  pre- 
pared, signed,  and  authenticated  in  such  manner  as  said  city  by  its 
board  of  aldermen  may  determine;  shall  be  made  payable  not  more 
than  twenty  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue;  shall  bear  interest  at 
a  rate  not  Qxceeding  four  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually; 
may  be  sold,  from  time  to  time,  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor  and 
board  of  aldermen  of  said  city;  and  when  issued  shall  be  obligatory 
upon  the  city  of  New  Haven  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  and  may  be 
enforced  and  collected  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  that 
debts  contracted  by  municipal  corporations  in  this  state  are  enforced. 

Approved  June  21,  1907. 


(Substitute   for  Senate  Bill   No.   95.) 

301. 

AN    ACT    AMENDING    THE    CHAETER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    NEW 

CONCERNING  THE  DUTIES  AND  POWERS  OF  ITS  OFFICERS 

AND     DEPARTMENTS,    TICKET    SPECULATION,    ETC. 

Be   it   enacted  bj-   the  Senate   and  House   of   Representatives   in  General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  fifty-three  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New 
Haven  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  The  department  of  police 
shall  render  such  assistance  in  the  care  and  management  of  public  lamps 
as  the  court  of  common  council  may  direct.  The  inspector  of  lamps  in 
ofiice  May  8,  1907,  shall  continue  in  office  until  his  successor  is  ap- 
pointed and  has  duly  qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  After  due  hearing  and  by 
written  order,  giving  his  reasons  therefor,  which  reasons  shall  not  be 
political,  the  mayor  may  remove  the  inspector  of  lamps  and  appoint  his 
successor.  The  inspector  of  lamps  shall  perform  such  duties  in  the  care 
and  management  of  lamps,  and  in  the  care  and  management  of  street 
signs  on  the  same,  as  shall  be  specified  by  the  court  of  common  council 
and  approved  by  the  mayor.  He  shall  receive  such  salary  for  his  services 
as  may  be  fixed  by  the  court  of  common  council  of  said  city. 

Sec.  2.  Section  thirty-seven  of  said  charter  as  amended  by  an  act 
approved  June  18,  1903,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out,  in  the  thir- 
teenth line  of  said  section  as  amended,  the  word  "forty"'  and  inserting 


—u— 

in  lieu  thereof  the  word  "three"  and  by  striking  out,  eomment-ing  in  the 
thirteenth  line  of  said  section  as  amended,  the  following:  "and  such 
fees  to  him  and  his  assistants  as  the  board  of  aldermen  may  bv  ordinance 
prescribe"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  following:  "  and  neither  he 
nor  any  of  his  assistants  shall  charge  or  receive  for  the  performance  of 
the  duties  imposed  upon  them  by  law  or  ordinance  any  other  compensa- 
tion than  the  salary,  as  aforesaid,  of  said  sealer  of  weights  and  meas- 
ures," so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as  follows:  The  sealer 
of  weights  and  measures  of  said  city  in  office  when  this  act  takes  effect 
shall  continue  in  office  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  has  duly 
qualified,  unless  sooner  removed  for  cause  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  at  least  once  in  each  year,  to 
compare  all  scales,  weights  and  measures  with  the  United  States  stand- 
ard weights  and  measures  belonging  to  the  city  of  New  Haven.  Said 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  maj^  appoint,  with  the  approval  of  the 
mayor,  such  number  of  assistants  as  he  may  think  necessary  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  and  their  acts  shall  have  equal  authority  with  his 
own.  He  may  remove  any  of  said  assistants  at  pleasure.  He  shall  per- 
form all  other  duties  required  of  him  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city.  He 
shall  receive  as  compensation  for  his  services  the  salary  provided  in 
section  three  of  this  act  and  neither  he  nor  any  of  his  assistants  shall 
charge  or  receive  for  the  performance  of  the  duties  imposed  upon  them 
by  law  or  ordinance  anv  other  compensation  than  the  salary,  as  afore- 
said, of  said  sealer  of  weights  and  measures.  After  due  hearing  and  by 
written  order,  giving  his  reasons  therefor,  which  reasons  shall  not  be 
political,  the  mayor  may  remove  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  and 
appoint  his  successor.  When  a  vacancy  shall  exist  in  said  office  of  the 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  the  mayor  shall  appoint  a  new  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  from  among  those  persons  certified  as  eligible  to 
such  positions  by  the  civil  service  board  and  under  the  rules  of  said 
board. 

Sec.  3.  If,  within  thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  said 
sealer  of  weights  and  measures  shall  file  with  the  cit^'  clerk  of  said  city 
an  affidavit  stating  that  all  fees  charged  from  and  after  December  31, 
1906,  by  him  or  by  any  of  his  assistants,  have  been  remitted  or  released 
to  the  persons  against  whom  they  have  been  so  charged,  and  that  all 
payments  made  to  him  or  to  any  of  his  assistants  from  and  after  Decem- 
ber 31,  190(5,  for  his  and  their  services  as  sealer  of  weights  and  measures 
have  been  repaid  and  returned  to  the  parties  by  w^hom  such  payments 
were  made,  excepting  only  the  salary  which  he  shall  have  received  from 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  and  if  said  affidavit  shall  have  been  submitted  to 
and  approved  by  the  board  of  finance  of  said  city,  the  said  sealer  of 
weights  and  measures  shall  thereupon  be  entitled  to  receive  from  said 
city  such  sum  as,  together  with  the  sums  already  paid  to  him,  shall  equal 
a  payment  at  the  rate  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  year  from  and  after 
December  31,  1906. 

Sec.  4.  Section  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  of  said  charter  is  here- 
by amended  by  adding  to  subdivision   (p)    of  said  section  the  following: 


—  14— 

"to  prohibit,  license,  or  regulate  the  sale,  iu  aud  upon  the  streets,  parks, 
and  public  places  of  tickets  or  privileges  of  admission  to  all  sports, 
exhibitions,  public  amusements,  and  performances,  and  to  prohibit,  any- 
where within  said  city,  speculation  in  the  issue  or  sale  of  such  tickets 
or  privileges  of  admission." 

Sec.  5.  Section  three  of  an  act  estiblishiiig  a  paving  commission  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  approved  April  17,  ]901,  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows:  Said  commission  shall  determine  upon  what  streets  or 
portions  of  streets  permanent  pavements  shall  be  laid  and  at  what  time 
such  pavements  shall  be  laid;  provided,  however,  that  before  determin- 
ing upon  what  streets  such  pavements  shall  be  laid  it  shall  hold  a  public 
hearing  or  hearings,  of  which  notice  by  publication  shall  be  given  at 
least  five  days  before  such  hearing,  in  which  notice  shall  be  specified 
the  street  or  streets  upon  which  it  is  proposed  to  lay  such  pavements. 
Said  commission  shall  give  such  notice  and  hold  such  hearing  if  at  any 
time  requested  so  to  do  by  the  court  of  common  council,  or  by  written 
petition  of  not  less  than  fifteen  persons  owning  or  occupying  property 
abutting  upon  any  street  or  portion  of  a  street  upon  which  it  is  proposed 
that  such  pavement  shall  be  laid. 

Sec.  6.  Section  four  of  said  act  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
Said  commission  shall  determine  what  kind  of  a  permanent  pavement 
shall  be  laid  upon  each  of  such  streets  and  shall,  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed by  the  city  charter  and  ordinances,  make  contracts  therefor, 
and  do  all  things  necessary  to  the  proper  construction  of  the  same. 

Sec.  7.  Section  seven  of  said  act  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as 
follows:  When  any  such  pavement  shall  hereafter  be  laid  by  such  com- 
mission, including  pavements  laid  under  the  authority  of  an  act  approved 
July  1,  1895,  or  any  other  act,  assessments  for  the  expense  thereof  shall 
be  made  as  is  provided  in  the  act  concerning  permanent  pavements  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  approved  April  28,  1899,  and  the  amendments 
thereof. 

Sec.  8.  Section  two  of  an  act  concerning  permanent  pavements  in  the 
city  of  New  Haven,  approved  April  28,  1899,  as  amended  bj'  an  act 
approved  April  14,  1903,  is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows:  Benefits 
and  damages  shall  be  laid  under  the  control  of  the  court  of  common 
council  and  assessed  by  the  bureau  of  compensation  of  the  city,  as  pro- 
vided in  the  charter  of  said  city,  for  or  against  all  owners  of  property 
abutting  upon  or  adjoining  the  streets  on  which  such  pavements  are 
constructed;  which  assessments  for  such  benefits  shall  not  exceed,  per 
lineal  foot  of  frontage,  seventy-five  cents  for  such  pavement  if  it  be  of 
dimension  granite  block,  sixty  cents  if  bitulithic  or  of  asphalt,  fifty 
cents  if  a  Hassam  pavement  or  of  vitrified  brick,  and  twenty  cents  if  of 
crushed  stone;  provided,  however,  that  no  assessment  shall  be  laid  unless 
the  granite  block,  asphalt,  Hassam,  and  vitrified  brick  pavement  shall 
each  have  not  less  than  four  inches  in  thickness  of  concrete  cement 
foundation. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  or  corporation  which  shall,  by  authority  of  any 
license  or  permit,  take  up  any  portion  of  any  pavement  having  a  cement. 


-  15— 

conerote,  or  stone  foundation  between  the  curb  lines  of  any  roadway  in 
said  city,  shall  refill  any  opening  or  excavation  made  in  said  roadway 
or  restore  such  pavement,  but  the  same  shall  be  filled  and  restored  by  the 
director  of  public  works,  and  the  expense  of  refilling  such  opening  or 
excavation,  and  of  restoring  such  pavement,  shall  be  paid  to  the  collector 
of  taxes  by  the  person  or  corporation  by  whom  such  pavement  was  taken 
up  or  such  excavation  was  made.  Said  city  may  by  ordinance  provide 
that  any  person  or  corporation  shall,  while  indebted  to  the  city  for  such 
expense,  be  prohibited  from  making  any  excavation  or  taking  up  any 
such  pavement  under  any  license  or  permit  'then  outstanding  or  to  be 
issued. 

Sec.  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  director  of  public  works  to  make 
such  repairs  to  permanent  pavements  laid  by  order  of  the  paving  com- 
mission as  in  his  judgment  are  necessary,  or  as  are  ordered  by  said  com- 
mission. 

Sec.  11.  All  acts  and  parts,  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  12.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  June  19,  1907. 

(Senate  Bill,  Substitute  for  Senate  Joint  Kesolution  Xo.  172.) 

396. 

AN  ACT  CONCEENING  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  BOARD  OF  THE  CITY 

OF  NEW  HAVEN. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  1.  Section  122  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  an.  follows:  The  civil  service  board  as  at  present 
organized  shall  continue  until  January,  1909,  when,  and  biennially  there- 
after, said  board  shall  elect  from  its  members  a  president.  It  shall 
choose  a  secretary  who  shall  be  subject  to  a  civil  service  examination 
before  appointment  and  shall  hold  said  position  during  good  behavior, 
and  may  be  removed  for  cause,  which  shall  be  nonpolitical,  after  due 
hearing  upon  written  notice  served  on  him  ten  days  before  the  date  of 
hearing.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary  to  attend  all  meetings 
of  the  board,  keep  correct  records  of  the  same,  prepare  and  keep  in  the 
register  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  comptroller  lists  of  those  eligible  for 
the  several  departments  and  clerical  positions,  send  out  official  notices, 
and  perform  all  other  official  duties.  He  shall  receive  such  salary,  not 
exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  as  may  be  fixed  by  said  board 
and  approved  by  the  board  of  finance. 

Sec.  2.  The  secretary  of  said  board  in  office  upon  the  passage  of  this 
act  shall  continue  in  office  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  duly 
qualified,  unless  removed  for  cause  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Sec.  3.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  July  11,  1907. 


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(Substitute   for   House   Bill   Xo.   2M).) 

412. 

AN    ACT    AMENDING    THE    CHARTER    OF    THE    CITY    OF    NE\V 

HAVEN   CONCERNING  SALARIES. 

Be  it  enacted  by  tlie  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly  convened: 

Section  ].  Section  forty  of  the  charter  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  is- 
heroby  amended  by  striking  out  in  the  ninth  line  thereof  the  word 
"seven"'  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  "fifteen"  and  by  strik- 
ing out,  commencing  in  the  fif tenth  line  thereof,  the  words  "provided^ 
that  if  the  court  oi  common  council  at  any  time,  by  an  affirmative  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  each  board,  shall  resolve  that  it  is 
expedient  to  increase  or  decrease  the  salary  of  any  city  official  to  a 
certain  specified  sum,  and  if  said  resolve  shall  be  adopted  by  the  next 
court  of  common  council  in  the  succeeding  year  by  a  like  vote,  then 
said  court  may  proceed  to  enact  an  ordinance  increasing  or  decreasing, 
^aid  salary  to  the  sum  specified"  and  by  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the 
following:  "provided,  that  the  board  of  aldermen  may,  at  any  time,  by 
an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members,  duly  approved  by 
the  mayor,  increase  or  decrease  to  a  certain  specified  sum  the  salary  of 
any  city  officer,  or  any  other  town  or  city  officer  whose  salary  is  specific- 
ally designated  or  limited  in  the  charter  of  the  city  or  any  amendments 
thereof,  which  action  shall  be  of  force  and  effect  when  it  shall  have 
been  approved  by  affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of 
the  board  of  finance,"  so  that  said  section  as  amended  shall  read  as 
loJlows:  The  salary  of  each  of  the  following-named  officers  shall  be  at 
the  rate  herein  provided:  The  mayor,  thirty-five  hundred  dollars  per 
annum;  the  mayor's  secretary,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the 
corporation  counsel,  thirty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum;  the  assistant 
corporation  counsel,  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the  controller, 
three  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the  treasurer,  one  thousand  dollars 
per  annum;  the  collector  four  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the  city 
clerk,  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  the  assistant  city  clerk,  twelve 
hundred  dollars  per  annum;  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum;  the  city  sheriff,  twelve  hundred  dollars  per 
annum.  These  and  all  other  salaries  paid  by  the  city  shall  be  payable 
in  monthly  instalments  by  the  treasurer  of  said  city,  and  shall  be  in 
lieu  of  any  and  all  compensation  for  any  services  required  by  the.  city 
of  said  officers  respectively  by  this  act,  except  as  the  same  may  be  herein 
otherwise  specified;  provided,  that  the  board  of  aldermen  may,  at  any 
time,  by  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members,  duly  ap- 
proved by  the  mayor,  increase  or  decrease  to  a  certain  specified  sum  the 
salary  of  any  city  officer,  or  any  other  town  or  citj^  officer  whose  salary 
is  specifically  designated  or  limited  in  the  charter  of  the  city  or  any 
amendments  thereof,  which  action  shall  be  of  force  and  effect  when  it 
shall  have  been  approved  by  affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the^ 
members  of  the  board  of  finance. 

See.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage. 

Approved  .July  17,  1907. 


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